Quoting Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I think we have the culture of victimization at play here. How are they being punished?
When an employer cannot give you any kind of reward for hard work due to the contract, you are, in essense, having your hard work negated. If I had known that going in, I never would've taken that first job that required the union, because it did seem like the union was punishing hard workers.
What, performance bonuses are given out on the basis of seniority? I was under the impression that bonuses are separate from salary and managed under a different set of rules.
IIRC, they didn't have "performance" bonuses at all, but bonuses based on time.. like certain anniversaries would get a bonus. I had numerous leads (the non-management heads of the food stands that basically had tons more responsibility laid on their heads, but no real power to go with it) tell me (and my friend) several times that they would've given us a bonus, or raise if they could, because we were the only ones that did such a good job at closing, without complaining. But even when they relayed their opinions to management, there was nothing they could do because of the contract.
What if the Zoo gave you a pay-cut instead? Do you say "Give me a pay increase, or else!"?
No, I'd likely leave and work elsewhere.
But that's not a problem with the idea of a union, only the implementation.
Actually, I agree with you on that.. the only problem is, they always seem to slide into bad implementations these days. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.miguelito.org Marge: "Homer, sitting that close to the TV can't be good for you." Homer: "Talking while the TV's on can't be good for you!" ==> Simpsons -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
