Every one then, eh? I'll have Bill Gates send Hoffa a Christmas card, then.

Back in the day when unions were first organized, there was definitely a need for change. The unionization of the workforce was the answer then. Workers were definitely mistreated and this leveled that out. But a huge chunk of the workforce was labor or manufacturing jobs then.

Now there's so much diversity around that unions don't make sense in every situation anymore. Folks need to start to let go. There's a lot of laws on the books that protect employees nowadays that didn't exist back then. Besides, union laws would definitely not work in a lof of the job fields of today. For instance, my IT job would be screwed royally if union regs were implemented. Quotas, concrete shift times, and seniority only based pay and positions are bunk here. Netowrk problems don't follow union rules. Also, some younger folks are smarter and more efficient than some older folks here, and would leave the company in a second if a less skilled tech got a promotion or raise based on some antiquated system rather than performance. That in turn hurts the company.

In Wally's case, they generally treat the employee as well or better than a lot of union shops do. (I've been in 3 unions in my working life, btw). Their benefit is that they have the ability to actually terminate a poor performing employee. Union regs would hurt them because then the employees start demaning less work and more pay, more benefits, etc. It's a retail store, not Ford or GM. That logic does not apply.

 

I watched part of the Penn and Teller Walmart episode last night but didn't get a chance to watch it all. I have it on my DVR though and will prob watch it tonight. They made a lot of good points from what I saw though.

 

What was that about, I missed it.