So even then, the union people might be making more than the union minimum, so the non union person might still be making less than an average union person while not getting any union benefits.
Comment on Cathy, do the math.
Sheldan@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI don’t think it’s preferential pay. It’s just that they pay more, somebody in the union also can get more money than the union minimum. Somebody not part of the union can get less or more than somebody in the union, just not below the union minimum.
It’s not that if they join the union that they get less money. The union + 0.5 just means that they earn better than the minimum and the employer gives them more than the minimum, because people like that.
At least that’s how it works where I live and union contracts are common.
TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
Sheldan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s just personal negotiation then. And nothing that this top level comment was talking about.
Objection@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
You may be right, but it certainly sounds like she’s claiming it’s contractual, explicit, and general policy.
Sheldan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I don’t read it like that. The sentence just says that their pay rate has that amount, not that it is connected to them not being a union member.
Objection@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Who’s “we” then?
Sheldan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The people the contract is with, maybe all employees of the company have the agreement.