I'm hoping some reporting can dig up exactly why the workers voted as they did.
Was the Amazon anti-Union campaign that effective? Were the workers afraid of retaliation (either for the individual voting, or against the plant itself if the Union won)? Or did they actually make an educated decision not to unionize?
I worked for an airline a while back that had non-unionized pilots during its "startup" phase. I think the idea was that they'd bring in fresh eager young pilots from the military or regional airlines (where the working conditions are horrible) and get more concessions out of them than they would a unionized workforce. This is similar to how tech employers get their fresh meat^W^W employees from college where they're used to pulling all nighters and trading free food for extra hours at work. Anyway, I was i
This is even more important in aviation because seniority is everything -- you can't easily jump from airline to airline and keep your quality of life the same because you have to start at the bottom of the seniority order again.
Interesting. I always assumed those seniority rules were because of the union. I've never heard of non-union jobs having any sort of seniority rules--pay, promotions, schedules, layoffs are all determine by merit or business need, not tenure.
I don't know about you all but I'd find working somewhere with promotions based on seniority to be oppressive. I'm confident (or arrogant if you please) enough to think I'm better than average at my job, willing to prove it, and expect I'll be rewarded for it. If promotions and raises were solely based on seniority, that would be completely demotivating.
Curious to hear the worker's side of it (Score:5, Interesting)
I'm hoping some reporting can dig up exactly why the workers voted as they did.
Was the Amazon anti-Union campaign that effective? Were the workers afraid of retaliation (either for the individual voting, or against the plant itself if the Union won)? Or did they actually make an educated decision not to unionize?
Re: (Score:5, Interesting)
I worked for an airline a while back that had non-unionized pilots during its "startup" phase. I think the idea was that they'd bring in fresh eager young pilots from the military or regional airlines (where the working conditions are horrible) and get more concessions out of them than they would a unionized workforce. This is similar to how tech employers get their fresh meat^W^W employees from college where they're used to pulling all nighters and trading free food for extra hours at work. Anyway, I was i
Re:Curious to hear the worker's side of it (Score:4, Insightful)
This is even more important in aviation because seniority is everything -- you can't easily jump from airline to airline and keep your quality of life the same because you have to start at the bottom of the seniority order again.
Interesting. I always assumed those seniority rules were because of the union. I've never heard of non-union jobs having any sort of seniority rules--pay, promotions, schedules, layoffs are all determine by merit or business need, not tenure.
I don't know about you all but I'd find working somewhere with promotions based on seniority to be oppressive. I'm confident (or arrogant if you please) enough to think I'm better than average at my job, willing to prove it, and expect I'll be rewarded for it. If promotions and raises were solely based on seniority, that would be completely demotivating.