On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 05:54:22 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Ditzy Dan Kruger blathers..

"People should be paid based on their performance, not as a group. Unions
remove any incentive for an individual to work harder since their salary
is not connected to their personal dedication or hard work."



Bull**** Ditzy. I worked in a union environment and the negotiated rates were considered a minimum.
There was nothing to stop management from giving a bonus to people who stood out over and above the norm. They could also be promoted as the seniority clause only affected the very lowest groups.

Maybe Canadian unions are different. In the US, union wages are pretty
much based on seniority and that is particularly true in government
unions like teachers although there is a bump for degrees, no matter
what they are in.. They buy what they sell. If a 4th grade teacher
gets a masters degree in astrophysics, they will automatically make
more money, even though it does nothing to make them a better 4th
grade teacher. If they have been in the business for 20 years they
make more than a 25 year old teacher who may be the best teacher in
the whole school system. There is no "merit pay" in most school
systems and the teacher's union fights it every time it is proposed.

The flip side of that is the worst teacher in the system can't be
fired unless they are using drugs at school or ****ing one of the kids
and even then the union will fight for them. In some places, the union
will win.