I started a new job this past week, and as such, I was required to watch a series of training videos covering numerous workplace topics. One of the videos was "[Company Name] Is Pro Associate" in which we newbies were treated to the company telling us that they weren't really anti-union but that we should talk to a manager before signing a union card. Heck, unions mean a third party in our negotiations, union dues, and more rules and regulation for you. And did we mention you have to pay union dues? Forget that it's a fact that union members make considerably more money and have much better benefit packages--you have to pay dues. Dues, people, dues!
Want to know the best part of it, though? The people voicing the company's nonunion talking points were actors and actresses who in all likelihood belong to the Screen Actors Guild--a union that fights for better wages and health benefits for actors and actresses.
Sometimes in this world the irony can be overwhelming.
Peace,
emaycee
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Had to do the same at my current job. Laughably bad explanation for how terrible unions are. Then again, I'd never know the reality because I've never worked at a place that has them.
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