Chapter 14

This chapter discusses the basics of a union and how a union functions with a business’ management. Unions were first started and continue on the basis of protecting the employee from unfair treatment from his/her employer. I believe the concept and intentions of a union are good and noble. However, I do not believe that they are effective in caring out this purpose.
When I think of a union, I think of an employee who doesn’t work as hard and gets paid unfairly more because he/she is protected. There are too many problems with this system. Man’s nature is to take advantage of a given situation. If we provide employees with more power than their employer than they will treat their employer the way employees got treated when unions were created. I believe that a union also places employees on unfair grounds. When some of the employees are unionized while others are not, then there is unequal compensation and unfair treatment. I believe for a company to be most successful, all employees should be on the same “playing field” or have the same standards to which they must abide.