Chapter 14 Review

We discussed Unions in class today. I was surprised at how negative people's opinions were on Unions. If we had Unions in Utah our wages would be much higher. One student stated that Unions make it so that Employees get raises and don't deserve them. Who is to say that employees in general don't deserve raises? It's on a case by case basis, but when an entire industry isn't getting paid what they deserve, then Labor Unions are necessary. We played a game in class today that represented the way Unions work. I was surprised at how chaotic the negotiation can be. I'm not sure how their negotiations work in real life, but I hope they don't stab each other in the back as much as we did in class.