There were reasons unions came to be and still exist. If you want to end unions, then there should be a move to profit sharing.
I was a negotiator in an industry where it is well known for its profits and wealth. Yet when I sat across the table with the company's negotiators, they cried poverty. It was almost laughable. I was friendly with the people I was in the room with, because I knew they were hired to do one job, to bring in the contract as low as they could. It didn't matter if the employees were making a living wage or not or if they were working in safe conditions or not. I don't totally understand all the issues the UAW are having, but I do know when the auto industry was in trouble not only did the government step in with taxpayer's back loans, but the union made a lot of concessions.
As the companies start to recover management increased their benefits and held the union to its concessions. There is something wrong with this. If the unions have to stay where they are than management should do the same and the investors should be the ones reaping the profits.
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