Re:What are the limitations of forming an Engineering union?
by bbcbasic on Friday March 17, 2017 @05:49PM
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You expect a union to negotiate 400% raise for your SO and her contemporaries? And thus transform a multi billion dollar supply and demand difference between two completely different industries? Hmm. Maybe your expectations are a wee bit high. I smell burnt straw.
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Re:What are the limitations of forming an Engineering union?
by seattle_spring on Friday March 17, 2017 @08:06PM
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Not at all. Sorry, I shouldn't have listed unrelated situations. What I would never, EVER want, is the inability to negotiate salary. Paying someone with a bad past the same as someone with a good past seems outrageous to me. I've proven myself enough to warrant my salary. If I were part of a union, they'd look at my years of experience and say, "alright you fit into the $110k a year bucket. You get an annual raise of 2% every year. Check in a few months to get your insurance card!"
Re:What are the limitations of forming an Engineering union?
by bbcbasic on Friday March 17, 2017 @10:05PM
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Ok I see your point. Sorry to make my point so strongly but I saw it as trolling but I was wrong.
Anyway a way around this would be for the union to not touch salary, but help individuals get a good deal given that they are happy with their salary. I can think of things like helping to ensure people know what they are getting into with share options, and helping with the legal side of things if there is unfair dismissal etc.