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To Unionize or not? Against Big Evil Company that slashed income.

To unionize or not? Throwaway account with vague details, because. Working for a previously private company with a base salary and non-discretionary bonus/incentive plan with the option to work as much/little OT as desired. It made the average income vary pretty greatly from maybe 100k-200k. Company bought out by Big Evil Public company – has gotten rid of bonus/incentives without officially telling us, effectively cutting everyone's income down to about 45k (but stringing us along not telling us they for sure are gone – just asking us to be patient…. for the past4+ months). (also made health insurance worse, with only high deductible plans, less PTO, etc). Union formation is happening – but I'm not sure if the risk (are there risks?) is worth the benefit. How likely can the union negotiate salaries anywhere close to what we were making? I'm assuming there's no way they can negotiate to get…


To unionize or not?

Throwaway account with vague details, because. Working for a previously private company with a base salary and non-discretionary bonus/incentive plan with the option to work as much/little OT as desired. It made the average income vary pretty greatly from maybe 100k-200k. Company bought out by Big Evil Public company – has gotten rid of bonus/incentives without officially telling us, effectively cutting everyone's income down to about 45k (but stringing us along not telling us they for sure are gone – just asking us to be patient…. for the past4+ months). (also made health insurance worse, with only high deductible plans, less PTO, etc).

Union formation is happening – but I'm not sure if the risk (are there risks?) is worth the benefit. How likely can the union negotiate salaries anywhere close to what we were making? I'm assuming there's no way they can negotiate to get the incentives/bonuses back?

Advanced apologies for not knowing anything about anything.

For anyone who reads this, thank you.

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