Freaki, do you think that unionism should be compulsory in any industry?

Or should it be an individual's choice to be a member or not to be a member?

in fact, let me rephrase that

Who thinks that unionism should be compulsory in any industry or workplace?

Should it be an individual's choice to be a member or not to be a member?

Absolutely should not be compulsary to join a union. And anyone who thinks there is no corruption or stand over tactics used by unions is delusional.

As a side note, why doesnt anyone care about the supposed corruption in the banks. Isnt hat waht the thread is actually about...or have I misread it?

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@punch*drunk wrote:

Absolutely should not be compulsary to join a union. And anyone who thinks there is no corruption or stand over tactics used by unions is delusional.

 

As a side note, why doesnt anyone care about the supposed corruption in the banks. Isnt hat waht the thread is actually about...or have I misread it?

 

 

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Because the banks are those our government seeks to divide and conquer.

I don't recall anyone saying there was no corruption at all.  It's more delusional to claim that the unions and Labor are all corrupt and rotten to the core while ignoring the blatant corruption within the LNP ranks.

I don't think belonging to a union should be compulsory.

However, those non members should not benefit from wage rises which are the resuslt of negotiations with a union.

Let me relate what occurred when I was hired by a company.

H had not been there a week when I was lod by the union shop steward that this was a "closed shop" and that i had to join the union. I said that no desire to do so and I was told that unless I did would be made at odds with the rest of the workers int the "closed shop" I said I would handle that if it should arrive. After arounr 3 weeks of pressure being applied to no avail the shop steward approached the company and threatened to strike unless I joined the union. I was approached by the manager who asked me to join the union just to keep the peace. I told him that i would not join and would terminate my employment before joining a union.

it so happens that over the perion of my employment the company was more than happy with my performance and did not want me to leave.

A solution was found, I was made a member of staff. 🙂 the shop steward was miffed for years to come and about half of the other union members in the "closed shop" gave up their membership when they saw that it could be done 🙂 

And yes I negociated my salary package.

Absolutely not, no way should anybody buckle under to  union thuggery & stand over tactics to make anybody join a rotten union, it should ever ever be compulsory.  The thugs try to make it compulsory by their bully boy tactics though.

It sounds a lot like people have memories of some union officials from 30-40 years go and assume that all are the same today.