OVERVIEW:
WORKERS IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE GENERALLY NOT IN A STRONG POSITION TO START A UNION. THE TURNOVER RATE OF THIS INDUSTRY IS SO GREAT THAT UNIONIZING DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN.
HAVE WORKERS FOUND A WAY OF UNIONIZING OR COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING?
WORKERS IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE GENERALLY NOT IN A STRONG POSITION TO START A UNION. THE TURNOVER RATE OF THIS INDUSTRY IS SO GREAT THAT UNIONIZING DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN.
HAVE WORKERS FOUND A WAY OF UNIONIZING OR COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING?
- THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMIN. FINED THE INDUSTRY 1988 FOR NOT TREATING ITS WORKERS WELL.
- NEBRASKA INSTITUTED A BILL OF RIGHTS IN 2000 THAT GAVE WORKERS THE RIGHT TO UNIONIZE AND ASK FOR HELP FROM ITS STATE.
- HUMANS RIGHTS WATCH, SIN-CLAIRE'S "THE JUNGLE" AS WELL AS MANY OTHER ARTICLES AND REPORTS GET THE MESSAGE OF TEH WORKERS "OUT THERE", SO TO SPEAK.
- THIS IS AN INDUSTRY WHERE WORKERS ARE REPLACEABLE, THERE IS A 100% TURNOVER RATE EACH YEAR, AND SO ANY WORKER WHO THREATENS THE IDEA OF A UNION WILL BE FIRED.
- FOR MOST PEOPLE THIS JOB IS TEMPORARY AND SO THEY DO NOT ATTEMPT TO START ANY SORT OF UNION.
- MANY WORKERS ARE IMMIGRANTS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AT THAT, BOSSES WILL LORD THIS OVER THEM AND STOP THEM FROM UNIONIZING WITH THE THREAT OF EXPOSING THEM.
- MANY WORKERS IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE UNEDUCATED AND SO DON'T EVEN THINK OF STARTING A UNION.