Neutral? Another Evil Union Should be Stopped
According to a recent email we all received from UM President Shalala, the University has taken a "neutral" stance on the current effort of UNICCO employees to unionize. UNICCO is the company the University uses to maintain the grounds, i.e. janitorial labor. Neutral? Why?
How can it possibly be in the best interests of the University or its students if the UNICCO workers unionize? Unions=higher labor costs, inability to fire incompetent workers, corruption, and a whole host of other evils. Isn't the UM President's job to look out for the best interests of the University and its students?
Even if one supports unionization in spirit (i.e. you're a dopey marxist bleeding heart), from an employer's viewpoint there is nothing good about unions. One could argue that faced with possible unionization of its labor force, corporate management owes its shareholders a duty to use all legal means necessary to stymie unionization efforts.
UNICCO eployee's aren't UM employees. But, UNICCO is a supplier and the UM administration has a duty to keep costs down just like any manager has a duty to avoid waste. If one of your suppliers faces the prospect of having to raise his prices for whatever reason, it seems to me the appropriate thing to do is help avoid that outcome by whatever legal means available. It should come as no surprise to anyone that UNICCO ain't the only company in Miami-Dade that can provide inexpensive janitorial labor. Perhaps someone should remind UNICCO and its employees.
Knock knock, my fellow students. A tuition hike is calling...anybody home?
How can it possibly be in the best interests of the University or its students if the UNICCO workers unionize? Unions=higher labor costs, inability to fire incompetent workers, corruption, and a whole host of other evils. Isn't the UM President's job to look out for the best interests of the University and its students?
Even if one supports unionization in spirit (i.e. you're a dopey marxist bleeding heart), from an employer's viewpoint there is nothing good about unions. One could argue that faced with possible unionization of its labor force, corporate management owes its shareholders a duty to use all legal means necessary to stymie unionization efforts.
UNICCO eployee's aren't UM employees. But, UNICCO is a supplier and the UM administration has a duty to keep costs down just like any manager has a duty to avoid waste. If one of your suppliers faces the prospect of having to raise his prices for whatever reason, it seems to me the appropriate thing to do is help avoid that outcome by whatever legal means available. It should come as no surprise to anyone that UNICCO ain't the only company in Miami-Dade that can provide inexpensive janitorial labor. Perhaps someone should remind UNICCO and its employees.
Knock knock, my fellow students. A tuition hike is calling...anybody home?
posted by King of the Cats @ 7:32 PM
1 Comments:
At 11:10 PM,
Anonymous said…
Why should one person who has three children automatically make more money than one who has no children? This is the definition of a living wage if you are not familiar with it. Unicco employees get paid $7.40 per hour. I have lived off of less than this before. I am sorry, but these employees are going to be and deserved to be fired.
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