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Mxsmanic wrote in
: Matt W. Barrow writes: They can refuse to recognize (or whatever the legal term is) them. They don't have to "recognize" them. Once they are there, they are there, "recognition" or not. You're completely clueless, aren;t you? Bertie |
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Jim Logajan wrote: Newps wrote: Matt W. Barrow wrote: Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not allow unions It's not their decision to make. I think he means that they employ legal means (such as paying union scale wages) to reduce incentive of employees to unionize. They also locate plants where the work population has few ties or historical interest in unionizing. The results, such as they are, speak for themselves. Well sure that makes sense. My father accomplished the same thing at the company he worked for. Every couple of years the union would come in and make their pitch and get laughed out of the building. |
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"B A R R Y" wrote in message ... Newps wrote: B A R R Y wrote: Matt W. Barrow wrote: Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not allow unions It's not their decision to make. _I_ didn't say that. G I did. And, yes, they do have decisions at their disposal...they just haven't use them in some decades. |
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"Newps" wrote in message . .. Jim Logajan wrote: Newps wrote: Matt W. Barrow wrote: Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not allow unions It's not their decision to make. I think he means that they employ legal means (such as paying union scale wages) to reduce incentive of employees to unionize. They also locate plants where the work population has few ties or historical interest in unionizing. The results, such as they are, speak for themselves. Well sure that makes sense. My father accomplished the same thing at the company he worked for. Every couple of years the union would come in and make their pitch and get laughed out of the building. A very long time ago, I believe it was Coors Brewing "decertified" the union at Coors after years of thug tactics by the union. This has to be a good 25 or 30 years ago. It really raised some dander, but it CAN happen. A company, IIRC, can refuse to recognize a union, but the PR and other side-effects don't lean to using that course of action. Today might be different, but the MSM would raise holy hell regardless of what "pranks" the union engaged in. |
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"Jim Logajan" wrote in message .. . Newps wrote: Matt W. Barrow wrote: Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not allow unions It's not their decision to make. I think he means that they employ legal means (such as paying union scale wages) to reduce incentive of employees to unionize. They also locate plants where the work population has few ties or historical interest in unionizing. The results, such as they are, speak for themselves. Sorta. Do note that some of the highest paid professions are certainly not unionized and never were. Compensation is strictly a factor of supply and demand and unions cannot fakeout that reality. (as stated elsewhere) IIRC, a company does not have to recognize a union, but given union thuggery, it would be injudicious to do so, given the cover unions receive from government regardless of the legality of their actions. |
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Newps wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote: Newps wrote: Matt W. Barrow wrote: Interestingly, American based branches like Honda and Toyota do not allow unions It's not their decision to make. I think he means that they employ legal means (such as paying union scale wages) to reduce incentive of employees to unionize. They also locate plants where the work population has few ties or historical interest in unionizing. The results, such as they are, speak for themselves. Well sure that makes sense. My father accomplished the same thing at the company he worked for. Every couple of years the union would come in and make their pitch and get laughed out of the building. What usually works is for the company to provide a good benefit package that would go to zero and have to be negotiated if the company were to unionize. If there is a good package to start with, most people won't take the chance that they will wind up with less after unionization. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Matt W. Barrow wrote: A very long time ago, I believe it was Coors Brewing "decertified" the union at Coors after years of thug tactics by the union. This has to be a good 25 or 30 years ago. It really raised some dander, but it CAN happen. A company cannot decertify a union. |
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On Nov 30, 9:17 am, "Matt W. Barrow"
wrote: Do note that some of the highest paid professions are certainly not unionized and never were. Compensation is strictly a factor of supply and demand and unions cannot fakeout that reality. But that is what unions do. The purpose of a union is to grain compensation packages beyond what the free market would offer by restricting what employees an employer can hire (i.e. you can't just hire someone else when the union strikes to demonstrate that their demands are in excess of the market). Unions avoid the free market by dictating terms across the board. If employers got together and decided what saleries to dictated to employees they would quickly be in violation of anti-trust laws, but unions are explicitly excempt from anti-trust (because they are, by their nature antitrust, thereby avoiding freemarkets) The auto unions had this going on well for many years, it was only when new companies joined the industry that were not under their control (Toyota, etc) that they could no longer avoid the affects of the free market. If the unions were able to organize the employees in Japan and everywhere else in the world auto workers would still have the same omnipower that they did in the 70s. What people forget is that these excess wages (excess to what the market would dictate) are paid by someone. Since companies don't print money, it's always people that end up paying. In the 70's Americans subsidized the wages of the auto industry with high prices for crappy cars. I suppose the unions just thought automakers would just print extra money in the basement in order to meet the union's salary demands. -Robert |
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On Nov 28, 8:40 pm, "Matt W. Barrow"
wrote: "Tina" wrote in message ... Matt, you may not understand labor laws very well. Oh, I suppose having over 1,000 people worl for me last year, I guess I understand them well enough. The US branches of Honda et al can work at keeping unions out, but they cannot by dictate keep them out. They can refuse to recognize (or whatever the legal term is) them. Throughout the previous century politicians have given more and more power to unions. As a result an employer cannot ignore a collective bargaining unit if it has been properly set up. This includes a vote by employees. If an employer refuses to negotiate with the union (and instead tries to go directly to employees) the union can seek a court order to force the employer to comply. Every single labor law is stacked in favor of the unions. Remember that the U.S. almost become a socialist country in the early 1900's and we are still left with some of those affects. -Robert |
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Robert M. Gary wrote: But that is what unions do. The purpose of a union is to grain compensation packages beyond what the free market would offer by restricting what employees an employer can hire (i.e. you can't just hire someone else when the union strikes to demonstrate that their demands are in excess of the market). You most certainly can hire someone else when the union is on strike. |
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