[Jewelry making - Article 00258] - Re: [Orchid] Should Goldsmiths unionize/organize

[Lee]

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>      ...unions shut out a lot of people who don't want to play the game
>     their way and that would be a sad, sad thing in an industry driven
>     by creative individuals as well as mass producing giants. 

    I wonder how many commenters on this topic have been union members.
    Some of the comments suggest that the commenters are misinformed
    about the basics of how unions work in this country. I have, in my
    long life, held two union jobs. 

    Neither job was a dream job, quite the contrary, but that was why the
    union was voted into the respective workplaces by the employees. In
    each case, the union stood as the protector of employees who were
    victimized, harassed and exploited by a management team that could
    most kindly be described as dysfunctional. The union was there not
    only to provide collective bargaining for wages and benefits, but
    more importantly to provide protection for the workers against
    unfair, capricious and even bizarre treatment from management. 

    Understand this- unions must be VOTED IN to workplaces by the
    employees. A jewelers union would not unionize every shop and
    manufacturer in the US - far from it, and workers who are treated
    fairly and paid fairly have no reason to vote a union into their
    shop. But if there were a jewelers union, then at they would have the
    option of voting the union in if they were being treated 
    unfairly.

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