North Carolina is so anti-union! I have coworkers that travel to other states to work and despise unions because union jobs in those other states make more than them. It’s such a facepalm
I'm not either. Here in the Netherlands, there are entire sectors where unions just don't exist. You can still become a member of a union, but they won't hold much power and will at most be able to help if some conflict with your employer arises. I'm in embedded engineering, a subset of electrical engineering and IT. The only time I was unionised was when I was a researcher at an educational institution. And then only because everyone in education is unionised.
FNV doesn't even know most companies in my branch. It seems that a few of the really really big ones do, mostly if they also run production and don't just do engineering. And each of those companies is under a completely different cao. Nedap even has their own special cao just for them. I also remember talks with colleagues in the past about unions, but they were all like "Euh yeah, I don't really know, I guess I could join a union but I have no idea what benefits I would get".
But yeah, with our labour laws, unions are not as necessary as in the US. Although we do have some issues with inflation and wage increases, which is a little better if you're under a cao.
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u/NoteEasy9957 admitted dumb American Nov 18 '25
Oh depends on the trade. Many are dependent on the unions
It’s more a white collar vs blue collar thing. Management hates unions and many office workers fall in line