Unions have, as somebody else already said, had a lot to do with the
working conditions etc that we currently have - things we now take for
granted. They served a useful purpose and still do in some areas (where
members are in low paid/low skill/etc jobs where they can't easily up
and go somewhere else.
Not really the case in the TW field. The problem with a lot of unions
(as with other organisations) is the people that run them - sadly we're
far from perfect and those that end up running unions are often those
with their own agendas, political or whatever. When I did Quality at
college one of the lecturers said that the aim of Quality Managers
should be to make themselves redundant. I think the same applies to
unions - once you have fair employment, pay etc then the union is
redundant and, if it still exists, it should be just 'ticking over' (at
minimal cost to members!)
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