You may want to ask current workers whose work load have incresed, thus needing more hours to complete the tasks but not being paid the overtime. This is happening all too often these days like in banks where workers have taken the banks to court (yea I wonder how many this ahappened to who couldn't afford a lawyer).Yes there are problems with unions but there is also problems with companies exploiting workers of what is owed to them. Perhaps you want to be considered a part time employee when you have worked years at the same company putting in full time hours?
Like I said before, I am
not Union bashing by default. I am equally bashful to the other extreme.
Having once worked for one of the big six banks I could hear the CSR rationale when she tried to take CIBC to court but like you said before, she could leave and work for the competitors but again she probably had too much at stakes at CIBC, say Mortgages and line of credits with interest rate at prime for staffs and substantial DB plan accumulated for years
I'm afraid she could be let go not because she sue her employer but she had "unsatisfactory" job performance due to falling short to achieve sales targets.
As far as the banks are concern, I am sure you are fully aware the power of the banks by now. Like it or not, one way or another, you'll pay the cost for using the service. Banks are
not charities and even for charities they need to reign in cost on administration to deploy additional resources to fight for the cause.
The only thing you can control will be how much you have to pay.
BTW, some SME argue vocally they should boycott the Visa/Mastercard Debit cards
before they roll out and disclose their discount fees in 2010, while refusing to give cash discount after taxes for the clients who are willing to pay cash. Again the banks could rachet up deposits fees at the branch or if they really piss the banks so much that the banks simply cut their credit lines during the time for additional cash flows to pay the bills.
It could be worse when some small businesses take cash only transactions and result to have thieves armed to the teeth and rob their businesses just before closing the business hours...cause that's where the money is. It will be inevitable to spend big on erecting security measures but would that defeat the purpose to save money for not accepting Debit & Credit as methods of payments?
Simply put, it's a game of chicken or pushing the envelope. The banks will push the limit but not too much to make the clients snapped and lose everything.
Not sure the Unions are equally good at this game since they would rather kill the cash cows than reining in unsustainable entitlements. Just take a look at the Detriot Three, TTC and our bloated 3 levels of governments. Maybe not for TTC and governments cause the Union counts on the other taxpayers to pay the bills.
You don't think companies would love to pay below minimum wage to workers and make them work llong hours without compensation of course they would. Don't give me the line of "that the workers can leave" since in the current economy many don't have the choice.
Maybe a
tiny minority but doubtful for the
majority who are
not that short-sighted and see the importance of having sustainable cash cows/golden goose.
BTW, since when is it a crime to improve people standard of livings sustainably and ethically, thus earning good money as a result of this outcome?
Maybe it's a crime by default for those extreme left and religious right. Not good to see the societies are taken hostages by these fanatics, instead of people running the system based on meritocracies, fairness and common sense.
