The company talking points regarding why we don't need a union center around the open door policy. The company claims that we don't need labor unions coming between the associates and management. In other words, the company maintains that it has a functional system in place for an associate to communicate your concerns to your boss, or your boss's boss, or even the level above that should you feel so inclined.
Does anybody really believe that they could voice their concerns to their club manager and take those concerns to a higher level if they were not satisfied with the response or lack thereof? Does anybody believe that their voice would then really be heard? If that truly was the case, we would still have PTC's, adequate staffing for receiving and claims, a functional cash office, a rollback on block scheduling, etc. Why don't we have those things when the average associate knows that they are needed? Because they don't care and they won't listen.
So what was the reason that we don't need a union again?