The Impact of Unions on Business

I have never been a member of a union nor have I been member of the management team negotiating with union members. But recently, as a manager, I had few incidents with a group of employees in my company who formed un-official union group.

Each time I request them to do something, they would all band together and refuse to comply and they would only comply after intense negotiations with the management.

This behavior caused me to cancel few plans that I had in mind that would have benefited these employees and I told them openly that the time I spent negotiating with them took me away from working on some programs that would have benefited them.

I am not taking sides here, but in my short experience in dealing with union like groups I found out that management looks at unions demand as “an arm twisting” strategy which usually doesn’t work.