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Cunninghams_right t1_iujyucb wrote

Reply to comment by lifteatteach in They formed the first Apple store union in the country. Now, employees say they’re barred from some benefits. by aresef

The whole point of a union is to be able to force unemployer to negotiate in order to avoid a strike. If the union can't get a contract and they're not willing to strike then they're not really a union, or at least their leadership is failing them because they're not using any of the power that they have

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therbler t1_iuk2p5g wrote

> If the union can't get a contract

The election was in June. The vote was about 2:1 in favor of unionizing. A vote to strike at this point is a vote for no union at all.

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Cunninghams_right t1_iuk5r2t wrote

but if the employer is able to successfully dodge any bargaining agreement and the union isn't willing to strike, then what is the point of complaining that some other conditions are better elsewhere? either stick to the negotiating process, in which of course the company isn't going to give away benefits before they negotiate benefit, or strike. I'm not sure why employees would assume that they're automatically going to get the best compensation right before they bargain for compensation.

this whole thing seems like a big ado about a pretty mundane process.

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