Pros and cons of unionization
From an employee's standpoint, the benefits of union representation in the seafood processing industry include:
• better wages
• protected rehire rights
• better benefits
• full or majority airfare to job site
• notification of job openings
• protection from unsafe or illegal working conditions
• professional representation in labor or management disputes
• protection from discrimination and arbitrary termination
• camaraderie
There are few short-term drawbacks of unionization from a worker's standpoint. Dues, which amount to anywhere from $60 to $200 a season, are the only real negative.
Cannery owners generally consider the costs of a unionized work force greater than the benefits. The seafood processing industry is very competitive. Labor, safety, and employee benefit costs are major expenses, and can jeopardize profits. Especially if only a few plants are unionized, it can be tough for a unionized plant to compete. When this happens, unionized plant managers sometimes respond by reducing labor costs (either through labor negotiations or by breaking the union) or by shutting down. Few corporations willingly settle for lower profits, and no one wants to shut down, so many seafood processing workers' wages and benefits have been cut in recent years.
1 comment:
If labors discerned that their employer is well enough and shows minimal greed, I think Labors should be grateful that they have worked to sustain there needs. They must be happy and content if there are benefits like health care for them and family, rice allowance and some perks on tap of their salaries to get them going and contribute to become more productive so that companies they work for will prosper and they will be assured of a regular work and they don’t need to unionize because most companies are afraid of unions. As early on, there are so many companies that have transferred to other countries which do not abhor unionization.
On the other hand, if they knew their employers are greedy, by all means, they should unionize to strike out balance in the workplace.
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