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A recent BNA survey reported findings on how employees view the importance of their personal needs in the workplace and their reason for turning to unions. The results are interesting.
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SURVEY SAYS! Robert F. Conte, Esq. The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) in a pre-labor day weekend telephone screening of 1,000 people inquired about the "root causes" of employees turning to unions. The results were interesting. According to the survey, workplace safety is the leading factor in a worker's decision to join a union (64%). Other top reasons, achieving better benefits (60%), obtaining higher wages (57%) and increasing job security (54%). In the next tier, improving the conflict (grievance) resolution process (42%), lack of respect for employees (39%), poor communication by an employer with its employees (34%) and inconsistent discipline (33%). Compare these results with the infamous and long standing annual worker survey conducted by the National Association of Manufacturers. In that survey the workers listed their areas of importance as follows: Full appreciation for work done
If you would like to throw rocks at the BNA survey results, certain inconsistencies in the survey responses are noteworthy. It was stated that "high union wages are at least partly responsible for forcing companies to outsource jobs oversees," to which 33% of the respondents agreed. However, when asked "if more American companies were unionized, wage rates would be higher and this would attract more Americans to apply for jobs currently held by illegal immigrants," 24% of the respondents agreed. Unfortunately, you cannot have it both ways. SOURCE: Thanks to my former partner, Maria L. Petrillo at Saul Ewing, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for the survey information. |
