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In a perfect world your employer would provide you with decent
wages, good benefits, a safe place to work, and treat you
with respect. Unfortunately, most do not.
- In the United States workers organized Unions to protect
one another by Bargaining Collectively to establish rules
of conduct, wages and benefits.
- To protect themselves from employers who have taken advantage
of them.
| Workers organize
over some very basic issues |
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- When Company polices are not clear and understandable.
- When Supervisors are inconsistent in regards to non-discriminatory
work practices.
- When workers are unclear in respect to work schedules,
time-off, work assignments, pay cuts, or any other changes.
- When Supervisors lack fair, consistent and tactful disciplinary
procedures.
- When workers are mistreated by supervisors and owners.
- Disrespectful, discourteous, and inconsiderate treatment.
- The inability of the Company to listen when workers speak.
- The unwillingness of the Company to address work place
problems.
- Unwillingness of supervisors to represent workers when
they are right.
- Lack of sympathy for workers personal problems.
- Lack of supervisory training.
- Poor working Conditions.
- Unresolved Grievances.
- A lack of respect, dignity and work place justice.
- Low Wages, Poor Benefits and Poor Retirement Plans.(Amazingly,
Poor Wages and Benefits are usually not the primary reasons
workers organize.)
| Unionized Workers
Earn More |
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- According to the U.S. Department of Labor unionized workers
earn 28% more then nonunion workers.
- Unionized women earn 31% more than nonunion women.
- Unionized African Americans earn 37% more than nonunion
African American workers.
- And Unionized Latin American Workers earn 55% more than
nonunion Latin American Workers.
| Unions Increase
Productivity |
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- According to most recent studies. The voice that union
members have on the job:
- sharing in decision making about promotions and
- work production standards
increases productivity and improves management practices.
Better training, lower turnover and longer tenure also make
union workers more productive.
Source: Dale Belman, "Unions, the Quality
of Labor Relations, and Firm Performance," in Unions and Economic
Competitiveness, eds. Lawrence Mishel and Paula B. Voos (Armonk,
NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.: 1992), pp. 41-107. Prepared by the
AFL-CIO.
| Union Workers
Stay Longer |
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- Nearly 50 percent of union workers have been with their
current employers for at least 10 years, only 22 percent
of nonunion workers can make the same claim. Union workers
have greater job stability, in part because they're more
satisfied with their jobs, receive better pay, have better
benefits and have access to fair grievance procedures. Even
more important, most collective bargaining agreements protect
union members from unjust discharge. Nonunion workers are
"employees at will" who can be fired at any time for any
reason-or for no reason.
These are only a few of many reasons why workers organize.
Are You Ready to become a Union Organizer?
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