Re:Kickstarter will not voluntarily recognize its employee u...
by gamblor956 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:07PM
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I've been on both sides of the table for multiple union negotiations, including several unsuccessful ones that failed due to management interference.
Some of the unions were for low-skilled laborers. Others were for highly-skilled talent-based workers. And two were government unions. Each union was differently organized to meet the needs of its specific set of workers.
You can't make blanket statements like "once a union is established its largely inflexible" since the history of American unions is expressly opposite of that statement. Every major union has undergone massive structural changes multiple times. Unions have merged, split up, merged again, died, resurrected, etc. A history of American unions would be as complex as Game of Thrones, with even more violence and only a bit less sex.
Some of the unions were for low-skilled laborers. Others were for highly-skilled talent-based workers. And two were government unions. Each union was differently organized to meet the needs of its specific set of workers.
You can't make blanket statements like "once a union is established its largely inflexible" since the history of American unions is expressly opposite of that statement. Every major union has undergone massive structural changes multiple times. Unions have merged, split up, merged again, died, resurrected, etc. A history of American unions would be as complex as Game of Thrones, with even more violence and only a bit less sex.