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Originally Posted by GGG
Iggy do you have stats on pay comparisons between Public Union positions and private union positions.
I remember seeing it somewhere but can't find it. I recall that private sector union positions make less than their public sector counterparts for comparable jobs.
So while unionization benefits the worker it shows that the government does not fight back hard enough in negotiations or that due to the lack of moral hazard the unions are more likely to negotiate harder.
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Some specifics for a pertinent example:
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Canada Post has also analyzed the composition of its labour costs and compared them to its competitors, and its subsidiary, Purolator. The analysis shows that Canada Post has the highest level of total wages and benefits, as well as the highest productive hourly rate (i.e., labour cost per hour worked), for both its “inside” sorting workforce and its “outside” delivery workforce. Following are some details:
Sorting/inside workers
Salary and benefits: Approximately 44 per cent higher than competitors
Labour rate per productive hour: Approximately 68% higher than competitors
Delivery/outside workers
Salary and benefits: Approximately 11 per cent higher than competitors
Labour rate per productive hour: Approximately 26% higher than competitors
Benefit costs at Canada Post are 60% higher than competitors. Benefits provided by Canada Post to its employees represent 40% of salary compared to 25% for competitors. Cost of the pension plan is responsible for the majority of this variance but other benefits, such as post-retirement benefits, also explain the difference.
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It's no wonder Canada Post is going under, almost entirely the fault of the union.