I would be interested in reading what you see as cost-efffective added value. In a lifetime of looking I have been able to find none.
That frame, cost effective, added value, strikes me as framed from a managerial point of view. From the workers' point of view, a good union, note the qualifier, offers distinct value. In the present climate, there are distinct pressures to reduce or take away pensions, reduce or take away health benefits, reduce wages, take away overtime, the list is long. Unions are one of the, if not the only, strong bloc to that.
From a national good perspective, in recent years unions have been at the forefront in pushing for workplace safety protections, for pension protections, for much improved health care including national health care insurance, etc. |
