Ever thought of a union?

From all of the news about Alamo-National in the past few days I was most interested to hear that many of their employees are unionized. I could not help but think things would be much better for eracers if there was an Enterprise union.
Does anyone out there know if this is possible/legal?

Originally Posted by greenriver

From all of the news about Alamo-National in the past few days I was most interested to hear that many of their employees are unionized. I could not help but think things would be much better for eracers if there was an Enterprise union.
Does anyone out there know if this is possible/legal?

it wouldn't be strictly a ERAC union...no union is specific to one company
an erac union would be under the Teamsters
and i'm not sure the implications of a private company unionizing...but surely the owner has more say than in a corp

Employees join, get promoted and leave so quickly, usually within 2 years, that the honeymoon period would have barely worn-off and the person would be out the door. For a union to work, you need a bunch of disgruntled employees (check!), people with no ambition (half-check), and mature people who want to remain around long enough for one to form. (X)

Once you're "management" you'd no longer be part of the union. There is debate as to whether being a "Management Trainee" would qualify anyway. Although we all know the real title should be "bitch ticket monkey"
Seeing as how most people would be promoted to ABRM or quit while they are still on friendly grounds with the company, the chances of one starting are slim to none. And Andy's no idiot (hold on, I could be wrong), he'd likely do what Wal-Mart does, and just shut the branch down. Organizing an area or group would be nearly impossible. Remember, ERAC is a revolving door, and there's always some bright and chipper do-gooder who "wants" to love the company, and would spoil any chances. Remember how smart you were when you got out of college and thought you could save the world.
Silly MT, Trix are for kids!

Originally Posted by Unregisteredsg

Employees join, get promoted and leave so quickly, usually within 2 years, that the honeymoon period would have barely worn-off and the person would be out the door. For a union to work, you need a bunch of disgruntled employees (check!), people with no ambition (half-check), and mature people who want to remain around long enough for one to form. (X)

Once you're "management" you'd no longer be part of the union. There is debate as to whether being a "Management Trainee" would qualify anyway. Although we all know the real title should be "bitch ticket monkey"
Seeing as how most people would be promoted to ABRM or quit while they are still on friendly grounds with the company, the chances of one starting are slim to none. And Andy's no idiot (hold on, I could be wrong), he'd likely do what Wal-Mart does, and just shut the branch down. Organizing an area or group would be nearly impossible. Remember, ERAC is a revolving door, and there's always some bright and chipper do-gooder who "wants" to love the company, and would spoil any chances. Remember how smart you were when you got out of college and thought you could save the world.
Silly MT, Trix are for kids!

lol this made me laugh
good post

Bitch ticket monkey even sounds better than management trainee