Hello,

I am currently taking a class at a local university and I am having trouble finding participants for a questionnaire based project (I live in a right-to-work state in the south and have limited access to union members and unionized workplaces). I need 2 participants (one union member and one manager in a union environment) to respond to a few questions related to the course subject, in this case union participation.

My project requires me to interview both union and non-union members(management) in an organization to get a better understanding of labor unions and their impact. Your responses will be confidential (your name is not required) and cannot be traced back to you and will not be shared with your union or your organization. This is an in-class research project and is not part of any larger research.

If you would like to assist me please send a PM.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks to unions it costs 2 million in legal fees to fire a teacher who felt up a coworker.
There's your impact.

Unions give workers a grievance voice to management that does not otherwise exist.

Contrary to MYTH. Wages are not the primary focus of unions. (especially sence Reagan).
They exist to correct excessive behavior and the ultimate power of management, and to regulate the expectations from employees.
Wages and perks are mostly set by the historic customs of the specific industry. NOT by unionization.
Many Business's/Orginizations have there own 'baggage of history' to carry. Teachers, Doctors, Lawyers to name but a few.

I wasn't  a Union manager, but my mother was!
 
:)

 Sorry, 

I didn't intend for this to become an open discussion about a forbidden topic. It was merely a request for participants to help me with a personal university project by filling out  a simple questionnaire in private. 

geogress, so how come union auto workers get $80 and hour, benefits, and can retire sooner than non-union guys?  The losers: us because we have to pay more.  We also lose because the unions forced companies like GM to hand over so many concessions that the US auto makers can't survive on their own.  So we lose again when that (blank) in office decides to bail out the automakers. 

Another problem of unions: link

So if 50% of students are failing and the unionized teachers are making 3-4 times more than the average person in that town (and getting 2 months vacation), why would the union be a good-guy when it against less than half an hour extra work?  I say fire the bums.   Unions aren't always the good guys looking out for the workers.

Or take football.  There are 53 players (plus IR) people on a team.  Teams must spend a minimum of about 100 million on its players during capped years.  That wasn't good enough for the players and too much for the owners so we are looking at an uncapped year and maybe a future strike.  So what happens?  The fan gets screwed because he has to pay more for tickets, and concessions, and parking.

It's okay Tiger, it's just that unions have good sides (coal miners) and bad sides (auto workers) and there's plenty of stuff out there for pros and cons if you want to do research.  If you want a good grade, you'll probably do better by finding people who say unions can't do any wrong.  If you want to learn then do your research about the pros and cons before hand and grill both the union guy and the manager.

BTW, my main point in posting in this thread is that there are other people in the equation besides union people and managers.  There are auto buyers, parents/students, fans, and others who can be helper or hurt by the presence of a union.

Quote - geogress, so how come union auto workers get $80 and hour, benefits, and can retire sooner than non-union guys?  The losers: us because we have to pay more.  We also lose because the unions forced companies like GM to hand over so many concessions that the US auto makers can't survive on their own.  So we lose again when that (blank) in office decides to bail out the automakers. 

Another problem of unions: link

So if 50% of students are failing and the unionized teachers are making 3-4 times more than the average person in that town (and getting 2 months vacation), why would the union be a good-guy when it against less than half an hour extra work?  I say fire the bums.   Unions aren't always the good guys looking out for the workers.

Or take football.  There are 53 players (plus IR) people on a team.  Teams must spend a minimum of about 100 million on its players during capped years.  That wasn't good enough for the players and too much for the owners so we are looking at an uncapped year and maybe a future strike.  So what happens?  The fan gets screwed because he has to pay more for tickets, and concessions, and parking.

It's okay Tiger, it's just that unions have good sides (coal miners) and bad sides (auto workers) and there's plenty of stuff out there for pros and cons if you want to do research.  If you want a good grade, you'll probably do better by finding people who say unions can't do any wrong.  If you want to learn then do your research about the pros and cons before hand and grill both the union guy and the manager.

BTW, my main point in posting in this thread is that there are other people in the equation besides union people and managers.  There are auto buyers, parents/students, fans, and others who can be helper or hurt by the presence of a union.

The problem with this is that you are hijacking my request for help thread and turning it into a political discussion which violates the rules of the Renderosity forums. I do not wish to violate any rules so I must now ask a mod to close this thread with my request for help unanswered.

 Thread locked by request of the OP.