Fred Meyer and Quality Food Center workers Strike in Oregon, UFCW Union membership declining as wage growth and job security aren’t improving for union workers – December 17, 2021,
I feel bad for the unionized members at Fred Meyer and Quality Food Center because their union has continued to fail them and, striking right before Christmas is a very risky move if you ask me. The success of public-sector unions, which in my opinion should be illegal hasn’t seen much success in the private sector, especially for entry-level workers, who are easier to replace.
The United Food and Commercial Workers has a history of favor, I believe in the span of 30 years, they’ve only been able to raise workers to pay by 19%, and that 19% number I don’t think includes union dues and of course the guidelines that you’re bound to when you join a labor union. The article below, which shows the data, gives you a glimpse as to why Union membership is on the decline.
At best you’re getting a 19% WAGE increase having a unionized job? What’s obviously ignored is what you don’t get when you join a union, like Stock, or free education, a chance to move up in the company instead of all that seniority crap you’re stuck with when you join a union, one of the numbers you’ll want to pay close attention to when you look at the 2019 data using the chart below, is the Asian results.
Asians tend to end up in management positions, because Asians, south, and east tend to be independent thinking employees, valuing their independence of thought whereas Blacks, Whites, and Latinos have this weird habit of joining the herd, which obviously costs them money because as you know with Unions, the Union structures how people get wage increases and a lot of the times, the hardest-working union members get paid less than their worth because they allow their Union to their negotiating for them.
Asian union members had median usual weekly earnings of $1,173, about the same as the figure of $1,179 for Asian nonunion workers.
Nonunion workers had weekly earnings 81 percent of union members in 2019 | bls.gov
The slackers and the hard working union members both get the same pay increase, I’ve worked under 4 different unions in my lifetime, and why I left was because I worked with a lot of slackers, many of whom made more money than I did, not because they worked harder, but because they had been there longer. Now, when I stopped working for unionized companies, I got bonuses, stock, my last job even allowed me to come into work late, because when I came to work I finished my duties ahead of schedule, so the boss, at the time knowing I had a second job, punched my clock for me. He knew I’d show up and do my job, meaning that I made him look good so he did that favor for me.
When you join a union, your union will become hostile to your employer and instead of your employer offering you freebies or perks for being in the company, your employer will have to be on guard, and speak to you via your union representative. Now, why this relationship is so stupid is because we’re free human beings, living in free countries, if you don’t like your job or boss QUIT? You’re not a slave, some of the jobs I quit I didn’t even write a resignation letter, “f*ck em”, I’m a free person you treat me wrong I’m leaving.
Anyway, the article below is about UFCW members deciding that right before Christmas is the perfect time to strike? Personally, my thinking would be, give me my money and I’ll quit in the new years, why am I going to risk my Christmas for a UFCW stunt? Currently, Fred Meyer stores are offering temp workers $17 an hour, if I were young I’d probably take that $680 per week for 5 days, I’d even take the overtime if they offered it to me. I’d relax over the Christmas break and cash my check in the New Year.
I’ve worked as a Temp worker and especially under these circumstances, you don’t even have to do the best job at work, they just need you to show up. Anyway good luck to the UFCW workers, I’m glad I’m not you, but hopefully, you’ll get the wage increases you’re looking for.
Interesting times ahead