Unite Union too powerful?

I don't think we're quite out of the sweatshop woods... from Christmas 2008: Amazon staff punished for being ill (Times online).

(I got sent this article about fifty times that year as I was doing similar work for a smaller - and thankfully much nicer - internet ordering company that Christmas. I wasn't being exploited, but I really felt for those people.)

I see and accept your point though - there must be better ways for the unions to fight for what's best for their membership without resorting to prolonged large-scale disruption to the public. And it's just as wrong for the unions to ride roughshod over their members as it is for the employers to do it.

I have to agree that there is too much power with Unite, ultimately worker will loose when they no longer have a job to go to , we live in a time when companies cannot afford this, the work force is expendable ... you have to be more flexible there are a lot of people out there who are looking for work .. you dont want to be there ... i have and it is not very nice !

No. Unions are good.

But it's a balancing act. Between a healthy economy (capitalism) and a healthy society (social protection).

They can get ridiculous (as in the 1970s).

We're not at that stage yet.

Agree totally


and lets hope they are never allowed to develop that kind of power again!