I feel like between all the potential incentives/perks/benefits, the hierarchy, whether to be/join a union or not, and especially given the experience of all of us out in the world enough to contribute to the popularity and gravity of this sub… this question has been on my mind a bit lately.
For some context, I’ve been in trucking/logistics for over a decade and some of that time was in lower management. There are both union companies and non- and for sure that word is taboo amongst freight carriers. Having spent some time being forced to implement policies and discipline outliers and eventually leaving my last company because of it… it’s been floating around in my mind for awhile.
I’m thinking that various services and companies would obviously benefit being structured in a particular manner, but I’m considering from more of a ‘morale and retention’ sort of lane, than a “crunch numbers and run them until they break” sorta deal. But I also can’t tell if I’m just jaded and cynical after my own experiences, combined with being conditioned under capitalism toward certain views to begin with. Obviously the profit margins can be largely influenced by a great variety of factors and with millions of experiences, I’m wondering what everyone’s are.
Good folks of antiwork- what say you?