Here's a direct example of union rules slowing down the little guy in film:
https://youtu.be/LRVwlif6th0?t=171
Striking out on their own is the benefit I am talking about. I don't understand your perspective of independence.
So are you saying we should keep employees overworked and underpaid so they're more likely to leave their current employer...?
There is no scenario in entertainment where unions "keep to themselves". A union started will soak up the entire industry and now my show with people I respect, admire and fair equity shares now has time limits and controls none of us decided or agreed to because a union(s) can excommunicate us from the entire working industry.
The industry should self-regulate under threat. Implementing a union will benefit few but the union leaders. The film industry is a prime example of what happens and films like Star Wars barely exist in the face of union pressure. George Lucas hired Irvine Kershner to direct because he knew all about Hollywood, but was 'not Hollywood'. Gary Oldman turned down a SW role due to union rules. The public has no idea how cliquey and regulated the film industry is, thanks in part to the studio model and union rules.
I'd sooner call for a tech union and see a whole bunch of engineers get a proper cut of the $100 million+ companies that get sold without them seeing a dime.
Game industry artists are very skilled and can get work elsewhere for much easier conditions. They choose to stay and work hard and can choose to negotiate better salaries. I can't comment on mega-corps that there are limits to negotiations, in the independent part there is a lot more leeway. The conditions will always be difficult, timing is the difficulty that we can't control.
What the heck? This sounds like something out of a movie. Do you think union leaders get a cut of every member's pay or something?
Isn't this exactly what happens? You pay the union a percentage of your salary, which is then used to among other things pay union leaders salaries. And just to note, union leaders typically earn a lot more than union members, making this transaction regressive in nature.
If you're running your own thing then you aren't a worker. You aren't part of the union. Your input on union activities is not valuable, because you are the opposition.
Sorry to be harsh, but that's the truth.
That's just the way it works. I can't trust you to tell me a union is a bad idea. You have too much to gain by saying no.
The boss doesn't. The boss has incentive cut costs and increase profits. Even if the current boss is good person, the next one might not be. Situation might change the boss might go after workers to save profits.
We aren't on the same side of the table.
Look at Google. Good job, stable, good pay, solid benefits. Sounds great.
They were also engaged in massive wage fixing and are now firing union activists.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/664366-if-you-keep-your-eye...
Elon Musk poured his own money into his projects to the point of becoming bankrupt and was helped out by others who believed in the product.
Cutting costs is the antithesis of what these guys are doing, making outrageous profit is the marketeers and advertisers that came to slash and burn Apple. These guys making reasonable profits and achieving good things are doing so at the expense of greed. The world is a good place.
Google's "don't be evil" has left me uncomfortable when combined their actions.
Cadbury pushed a whole bunch of innovative workplace conditions and purchased a collection of houses to supply the workforce, without the pressure or installation of unions.
https://www.cadbury.com.au/About-Cadbury/The-Story-of-Cadbur...
There will always be a fundamental conflict between what the worker can get from a company and what the company can get for it's goals. Unions can't change that and nor can bosses. We can see the good in the world for what it is.
Elon Musk will probably die an obscenely wealthy man.
Every billionaire has a plan to save the world. None of them involve paying taxes.
What would you do with more taxes to save the world?
Fixing the water situation in Flint, Michigan would be a good starting point.