[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by Azure

What are these poor working conditions we are talking about? When union members went on strike 70 years ago they actually HAD poor working conditions, and IMO they had the right to strike.

We all know the rich make a lot of money, while the middle class struggles. But is the union the solution to that problem? Many people think that companies that post massive profits should pay their workers more, but the companies we are talking about are Google, Apple, Microsoft, Goldman Exxon, etc, etc....and we all know that people who tend to work for them make a very good living. The average salary at Google is around $100,000 IIRC. Average salary for a IT analyst at Exxon is well over $75,000. Goldman, who is probably seen as one of the more 'evil' companies in the world, has an average salary of over $300,000/year. These are companies that post massive profits year after year, and whose CEOs and bigshots take home over $20 million.

What exactly would the union change here?

The IT guys at Royal Bank should form a union, as their jobs are being offshored while the CEO just got about a $800,000 raise to put him up to 12.6 million/year