Ziemowit Gwiazda
Ziemowit Gwiazda voted up Rooster Cogburn's answer

Sometimes they work well and sometimes they don't. Kind of depends on who's running them. I think the "Union" system is becoming outdated but a lot of people get pensions because of Unions. So there is good and bad.

The purpose of a union is basically to protect the "rights" of an employee and make … Read more

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Ziemowit Gwiazda voted up Anonymous' answer

The purpose of unions is to protect the rights of the workers from unfair or illegal demands of employers.

There are pros and cons to the system, of course.  I worked in college in a union company, and I've worked in plenty of nonunion jobs.  At the union position you're protected from unreasonable firings (and can't … Read more

Ziemowit Gwiazda
Ziemowit Gwiazda voted up Rooster Cogburn's answer

Sometimes they work well and sometimes they don't. Kind of depends on who's running them. I think the "Union" system is becoming outdated but a lot of people get pensions because of Unions. So there is good and bad.

The purpose of a union is basically to protect the "rights" of an employee and make … Read more

Ziemowit Gwiazda
Ziemowit Gwiazda voted up Anonymous' answer

The purpose of unions is to protect the rights of the workers from unfair or illegal demands of employers.

There are pros and cons to the system, of course.  I worked in college in a union company, and I've worked in plenty of nonunion jobs.  At the union position you're protected from unreasonable firings (and can't … Read more