“But management AGREED to every one of those ridiculous conditions. They’ve got to take some responsibility for that.”
True, but try being in management’s shoes some day.
...and look at it the other way - if no union, then no stupid conditions like that - it wouldn’t even be considered.
I'm sure it's a hard job. Waaaaa. The fact is the sum total of the decisions management made in the past 20 years is that the company died.
“But management AGREED to every one of those ridiculous conditions. They’ve got to take some responsibility for that.”
Unions are legalized extortion. The union bosses walk into a business and say, “hey you got a nice factory here, it would be a shame if something happened to it. Give the workers 10% more pay and you can stay in business for a couple years.”
Think of it this way, a business hires a worker at age 20, he works for 30 years and retires. You pay him 50% of his highest wage for life + health coverage for the family. You have to hire a replacement. You pay his salary until he retires 30 years later. Now you are paying his retirement and the pension from the guy he replaced. Now you have to hire a replacement. One job, 3 salaries, and dont forget the union is demanding a 5% increase in salary each year for less work.