If they’re only spending hundreds of thousands to stop your union, you need to try harder :P
I was once years ago talking to a guy who ran an industrial shop. In the area there were a lot of other similar shops that had gone union, his wasn’t. And when asked about it, his answer was ‘everyone around here that’s gone union has deserved it. I pay my guys above prevailing wage, I don’t overwork them, and when they need time off I give it without a ton of HR paperwork. That costs a little more but it’s worth every penny because I get the best workers, and when the union comes knocking, it’s the workers who tell them to shove off.’
A number of years later the company was bought out. I only assume that guy left, because a Google search shows that shop is now union and employees gripe online about how management is continually squeezing their pay and working conditions.
If they’re only spending hundreds of thousands to stop your union, you need to try harder :P
I was once years ago talking to a guy who ran an industrial shop. In the area there were a lot of other similar shops that had gone union, his wasn’t. And when asked about it, his answer was ‘everyone around here that’s gone union has deserved it. I pay my guys above prevailing wage, I don’t overwork them, and when they need time off I give it without a ton of HR paperwork. That costs a little more but it’s worth every penny because I get the best workers, and when the union comes knocking, it’s the workers who tell them to shove off.’
A number of years later the company was bought out. I only assume that guy left, because a Google search shows that shop is now union and employees gripe online about how management is continually squeezing their pay and working conditions.