Accommodating disabled employees is a majority view. The majority of people agree with it. As we said, unions are democratic so how did this action get implemented if it wasn’t a majority view? The problem is when you’re in a minority view.
> Your employer does not see you as significantly different to any other employee
And the union doesn’t see me as significantly different to any other member. Just another infinitely small vote they can disregard if they want. What’s the difference? At least there's some impact on my employer if I quit. There's none to a union!
> You have more in common with the other employees
Until you don’t. Like a more senior workforce voting for pay based on seniority when you’re younger.
> Consider it this way, if you died on the way into work tomorrow, your colleagues would mourn and miss you, your employer would be typing up the job post whilst wondering if they could get someone cheaper this time.
I don’t need people to mourn and miss me - I need good pay and conditions.
> I genuinely think you have some serious misunderstandings about what a union can and does do for its members.
I disagree so I must just be mistaken rather than genuinely having a different opinion?
> I don't know of one union that would prevent you from negotiating your own contract or terms and conditions.
Many unions agree union rates which can only be negotiated by the union and the employer. You as an individual get locked out. Not all unions do... but when it becomes the majority view...
> In the US you dont like unions
I’m British. One of the very worst things about unions here is most of them fund one particular political party! That alone is crazy to me. I think many many people would find it extremely offensive to be funding that party.
I don’t want to get involved in it.
I’m sure unions are in some cases great for individuals, just like some employers are great for individuals. But I don’t think they’re really any more benevolent. Both are looking out for their own overall interests and I’m the little guy and if I want what they don’t I’m stuck.
Given that, why get a union involved? Why do I want to negotiate with two sometimes-less-than-benevolent masters rather than one?
Can you understand I may disagree rather than just insisting I’m ignorant?