In response to an impending British strike, the BBC asks...
Do unions have too much power?This responder has nailed it dead on. Main land Europeans have really strong and very effective unions that have learned to fight every step of the way to keep what little they have. Compared to them, British unions are crap.
Compared to many European Countrys, British Unions have far less power.
Which is probably why the UK Worker is sacked first, has lower redudancy terms and has one of the lowest pensions in Europe.
Sadly, most British Workers don't have the backbone that the French, Germans and Italians have to stick up for the Jobs. Can you imagine Renault,Fiat or Mercedes workers allowing their jobs to be shipped to China without a long hard fight?
American unions are like festering boils compared to the plump bums of the Brits. Unions are not an end, but a means, a process. Americans have let their unions go to shit.
Do unions have too much power? What a stupid question. When have workers, organized or otherwise, ever had too much power?
Give 'em hell Unite!
1 comment:
If you ask the employers they'll say too much power. If you ask the members not enough. You're right, unions are a means. Very little gets done overnight. A union is only as strong as the solidarity of the members. If the members are united the enployer listens. If the members don't care the employer takes advantage of that.
Those who don't think unions do anything should remember that the 40 hour week/8 hour day, vacations, sick time, pensions, etc are all because of unions.
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