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newfie

newfie

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Mugarolla said:
You do realize that these non-union companies pay their employees just enough to keep them somewhat satisfied so that they do not unionize?

Without unions, wages would plummet except for the rare family owned company that actually cares about their employees and treats them like family.
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Many companies currently pay higher entry level wages for their people then what we pay for ours. Not sure how we are driving them up. Market conditions tend to dictate wages. The unemployment rate in the US has stayed high for a long period of time. With labor plentiful the wage rates have stagnated at the same time. Not sure how union scale is affecting those conditions.
 
Mugarolla

Mugarolla

Light 'em up!
canadiandog said:
Many companies currently pay higher entry level wages for their people then what we pay for ours. Not sure how we are driving them up. Market conditions tend to dictate wages. The unemployment rate in the US has stayed high for a long period of time. With labor plentiful the wage rates have stagnated at the same time. Not sure how union scale is affecting those conditions.
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From The Economic Policy Instutute.

"Unions have a substantial impact on the compensation and work lives of both unionized and non-unionized workers. This report presents current data on unions’ effect on wages, fringe benefits, total compensation, pay inequality, and workplace protections.

Some of the conclusions are:

Unions raise wages of unionized workers by roughly 20% and raise compensation, including both wages and benefits, by about 28%.

Unions reduce wage inequality because they raise wages more for low- and middle-wage workers than for higher-wage workers, more for blue-collar than for white-collar workers, and more for workers who do not have a college degree.

Strong unions set a pay standard that nonunion employers follow. For example, a high school graduate whose workplace is not unionized but whose industry is 25% unionized is paid 5% more than similar workers in less unionized industries.

The impact of unions on total nonunion wages is almost as large as the impact on total union wages.

The most sweeping advantage for unionized workers is in fringe benefits. Unionized workers are more likely than their nonunionized counterparts to receive paid leave, are approximately 18% to 28% more likely to have employer-provided health insurance, and are 23% to 54% more likely to be in employer-provided pension plans.

Unionized workers receive more generous health benefits than nonunionized workers. They also pay 18% lower health care deductibles and a smaller share of the costs for family coverage. In retirement, unionized workers are 24% more likely to be covered by health insurance paid for by their employer.

Unionized workers receive better pension plans. Not only are they more likely to have a guaranteed benefit in retirement, their employers contribute 28% more toward pensions.

Unionized workers receive 26% more vacation time and 14% more total paid leave (vacations and holidays)."
 
watdaflock?

watdaflock?

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Most of our new hires this past year (sort and preload) have quit after a few months. Our little center must be the Cleveland Browns of all hubs.
 

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