Question

In a workplace, Are unions still necessary? Explain. How have unions affected your workplace (or not)?

Answer 1

The unions were made to protect the rights of the employees. The rule of law was low in the gone days and hence the employees see power into the unions. Nowadays the source of information is there. The rule of law and the presence of the information on an issue make an employee self-dependent.
In my point of view, the unions are useless in the current era. The reason is competition. The companies are forced to reduce the cost of their products and services. The unions tend to increase office politics. The control of the employer is not on the unionized employees properly and hence the unionized employees are difficult to control and hence they are less productive. The unionized employees get paid more than non-unionized employees. These are some reasons due to which the overall cost of the product and services increase and the company gets failed to deal with the international competition lets say China, India, Bangladesh, etc. So such companies are difficult to cope in the unionized environment.
I work in a non-unionized environment. But if the union was present then I will not be a part of the union. The reason is that due to politics the favorite one of the leaders gets the promotions and other benefits who are undeserving.