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thranx on 19 November 2012
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scottie said:
thranx said:
I think that with the advent of the internet, easy to use cameras (cell phone cams) that unions are not needed as much. If you work in horrible conditions in this day and age, go to the internet and make your case, once a business is affected by the conditions they make their worker work in they will change their ways, or a competitor will come in seeing an opportunity (assuming that a competitor does not have to go through too many regulations)

There are always more people looking for jobs than there are employers looking to hire, (hence why unemployment always exists). This means that the employer holds all the cards when negotiating salaries and conditions. They can simply say refuse a fair deal, and know that they will find someone who is willing to take an unfair deal. that is where unions come into it. With collective bargaining, there will not be workers willing to accept the unfair deal, and so employers are forced to make a fair deal.


That is not ture. Even right now there are states with labor shortages, and in those states workers will get better pay simply because they are in higher demand. When there is a shortage of workers, workers willl get more power/money, when there is an abundance of workers they will get less pay/power.

 

When you want a good/great worker you have to pay for it. Great workers do not take shitty deals. If you dont care about the qaulity of your worker you can pay less, but it will be refelcted in their work and their customer service.

 

Even with unions, there will always be someone will to work for less as not everyone is part opf a union.