If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.
to supplement the local government in protecting his property when he enters into a contest with his employees.
The capitalist wants a standing army
I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.
My contract with my teachers is fair, and is two pages. The union contract is 200 pages. You cannot manage your business when you cannot make any decision without going back to 200 pages worth of stuff.
Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - because I supported it.
Our union helps ensure that we earn fair pay and benefits.
Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.
When corporations refuse to practice due diligence by not establishing grievance mechanisms for remedy of abuses against the hidden 94% of their workforce in their global supply chains, they perpetuate a depraved model of profit-making that has driven inequality to a level now seen as a global risk in itself.
Arbitration clauses have become prevalent in most corporate agreements or contracts for employees.
