I wish I worked for a union because techs are paid very little to do a lot of work (research in academics). We're stuck in a pay range as well, which depends on how much education you've had. If you knew how little I make for what my responsibilities, no one would be taking my job. I do it because I enjoy it, not because it pays well. I don't ever expect it to pay well either.
Emily The whole point of this country is if you want to eat garbage, balloon up to 600 pounds and die of a heart attack at 43, you can! You are free to do so. To me, that’s beautiful. --Ron Swanson On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Edwards, Richard E. <[email protected]>wrote: > I have been a Trade Union(TU) member for all my working life, primarily > because I believed in the TU concept of workers coming together to further > their goals and as a counterbalance against exploitative employers, > latterly I view TU membership more as an insurance policy should I need > it against my employer, somewhere to get advice and legal help from > should it become necessary.The trouble with merit based salaries is the > subjectiveness of their assessments, for example if an employee has a > personality clash or whatever with his line manager then he is unlikely to > be correctly awarded financially. > > Richard Edwards > > Leicester U.K. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Amos Brooks > Sent: 17 February 2012 22:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 99, Issue 22 > > Hi, > My lab is in a university with a union. I do not find it helpful at > all. The union is great at protecting people from the university firing > them weather justly or not. It keeps all salaries the same weather one tech > works harder than another or not. It prevents techs from getting a job > based on their skills. Salaries are uniform and not merit based. Annual > reviews are not even merit based. I really feel that I can make a better > argument for my compensation on my own without having to negotiate for the > whole university. If a tech gets a better offer elsewhere the department > can't counter-offer for the tech without the whole university expecting the > same. > Why stay? I really enjoy the work I am doing and there are certain > benefits that I know I can't get elsewhere. Is that because of the union? > Perhaps to some extent, but these benefits existed before the union > started. If there were no union and there was a vote to have one start up, > I would vote NO. I don't expect everyone would agree with me, but that is > my observation. > > Amos > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Message: 21 > > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:53:50 -0600 > > From: "Pam Bakken" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Histonet] Union positions? > > To: <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Trying to put together some numbers, any and all responses to these > > questions would be greatly appreciated. How many HT's are in union > > positions? If you were applying for a position, how much of a factor > would > > it be if it was a union position? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
