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Are unions a remnant of the past?
Do unions today do more harm than good? Should their powers be reduced? Should strikes (such as the current NY transit strike) be forbidden by law? What about non-unionized industries (such as software) are they safe from unions or is it a matter of time? Is it only "working-class" positions that need a union? Opinions?
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- 2 decades agoFavorite Answer
The definition of Trade Union, according to Wikipedia is:
"A union (labor union in American English; trade union in Commonwealth English) is an organisation formed by workers. Most typically, a single union will represent workers in a particular industry or craft, within all or part of a country, and will be organised to improve and defend wages, benefits, and working conditions.
The most important part of a Union is that last part, "improve and defend wages, benefits, and working conditions".
I have a centre-left political opinion, in that I believe in Social help to those who need it. Because of that I believe in Unions, and there commitment to there members.
However sometimes, a Union is just proving a point, and does harm to the industry. For instance, the Fire Brigade in UK striked for some time, and the Union wanted a 30% payrise. This was completely unacceptable, but you have to negotiate. This Union was not willing to accept change to there organisation.
You need to look at both sides of the story.
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union
