Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar...
by the-smug-one on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:00AM
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With a union backing them up individuals can more easily:
- Get better at salary negotiation and interviews through having union training
- Share how much they earn with other workers, even distributing statistics, reinforcing salary negotiation power and the ability for workers to ensure that businesses doesn't engage in illegal wage fixing
- Have union back up when HR are being a pest to protect the company
- Ensure that fair severance is distributed when an individual is let go
- Negotiate on-call scheduling as a group
- Negotiate all other parts of their contract, for example removing pesky no competes
- Engage in lobbying
Individuals, even ones with great competence within their field of expertise, have a lot less information regarding the game they're playing with other companies. Unions can help with that.
Note: You can still be in a union without having your workplace be 'unionized' or having a collective agreement with the union. You can still engage in salary negotiations individually, and you may still skip out on being in the workplace's union.
- Get better at salary negotiation and interviews through having union training - Share how much they earn with other workers, even distributing statistics, reinforcing salary negotiation power and the ability for workers to ensure that businesses doesn't engage in illegal wage fixing - Have union back up when HR are being a pest to protect the company - Ensure that fair severance is distributed when an individual is let go - Negotiate on-call scheduling as a group - Negotiate all other parts of their contract, for example removing pesky no competes - Engage in lobbying
Individuals, even ones with great competence within their field of expertise, have a lot less information regarding the game they're playing with other companies. Unions can help with that.
Note: You can still be in a union without having your workplace be 'unionized' or having a collective agreement with the union. You can still engage in salary negotiations individually, and you may still skip out on being in the workplace's union.