Female 26 Canada Ontario Dental Assistant
Long time lurker on antiwork, first time post.
Some back story: I have been working with the office on and off for the past 8 years. They have been good to be but I can't help the nagging feeling that I know we could be getting better pay and benefits (only 'Benefit' we have is free dental).
I work at this office maybe 20 hours a week (I have a farm on the side a choose to enjoy my life instead of work as much as possible, so happy I realized this early in my life)
My question is, do you think it is even possible to unionize a privately owned dental office? I feel like if I even tried I would get so much backlash.
Here in Ontario we have the ODAA (Ontario Dental Assistants Association) but they are only good if you get into any legally trouble. They don't set the wages for DA's. There is a wage chart but almost all dentists don't go by this a under pay the staff with rough working conditions. If I try to start a union at my office would my employer get upset with me and fire me? Do I have any legal repercussions?