No they don't, my job just got done cutting 45% out of wages for 2013, so about 12 people will lose their jobs. You know who those 12 people are? the no union employees... All 12 have been with the company for 15 years. Now the remaining non union employees are unmotivated to work, scared of losing their jobs, and they wont be getting a raise, and they have to pick up the work for the now laid off employees, because the daily work load remains the same.
The company was not hurting for cash either, they just raised the price of their highest selling products and is forecasting to be up 28% over 2012 on the price increase alone.
Mean while the union employees are sitting pretty getting a raise, not working weekends, and getting their overtime. Unions offer balance and most of them are fair. Some companies need to have a union to prevent annoying shit like this from happening, or at least limit it.
