I once hated the union because I didn’t understand what the union could do for ME. I drank the company juice and nodded when they said that the union wouldn’t do anything for me.
Don’t let anyone fool you and think that they can lower quota and change things overnight. However they do make a difference. The union is a business just like the company we work for but the difference is the union works for its members not the stock holders.
If you work in the stores ask yourself one question. Are you getting paid more per hour to do things that are not your job?
Before you start going crazy with this credo bull that we all have to pitch in, think about how much more you have to do with no pay increase. As a sales rep, we have to do inventory and returns. Tech support and restocking. Some cases we have to open and close while we still don’t get paid more.
Yes with the union your job title is outlined and they take it serious about not doing each other’s Work that we are not classified to do. I always thought it was pure laziness but soon realized it was smart planing.
Why would the company need to pay care reps to do what the sales reps would do? Why would the company pay for techs when the sales rep would do the tech work as well?
You have been provided more responsibilities without a pay increase. Whirl the company laid off your coworkers/friends and saved money. No sharing of the profits only higher quotas.
Think Long and hard about it. Why would the company not want a union? When does the company do anything that doesn’t favor the shareholders.
Don’t hate something you don’t understand fully.
Yes union requires unions dues but what you get in the long term is well worth the money invested.