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The bottom line is that in today's modern big company that is unionized, for the most part you have a system set up that is not capable of rapid response to major changes in a companies health and prosperity.
As in the example of flight attendants, union contracts which reward for staying around is probably a detriment. Your cost continues to increase for a job that has a lower value. In some carriers, you had a spread of from $18,000 to $50,000 for a flight attendant all doing the same job.
A customer service rep sees a FA making $45,000 and she is making $25,000 and they want and they become union and start negotiating for it.
What we see today is the result of this thinking. A system so screwed up that all of humpties men could not put it back together again.
As in the example of flight attendants, union contracts which reward for staying around is probably a detriment. Your cost continues to increase for a job that has a lower value. In some carriers, you had a spread of from $18,000 to $50,000 for a flight attendant all doing the same job.
A customer service rep sees a FA making $45,000 and she is making $25,000 and they want and they become union and start negotiating for it.
What we see today is the result of this thinking. A system so screwed up that all of humpties men could not put it back together again.