John F. Kennedy once stated, “Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, unions have brought justice and democracy to the workplace.” Such a quote perfectly exemplifies the widespread benefits that unions have brought to workers around the world. In any given situation, there are two sides, always with tension between those camps. At the same time, onlookers judge them; they judge whether or not a factions actions are considered “good” or “bad”. In this respect, there will most definitely always be a strain between workers and their employers, as a true communistic workspace will never truly exist. Unemployed personal, onlookers, will never feel the same way …show more content…
It is until then that the general image of a union must be conceived in a light that engulfs both the needs of employers and their workers. Unions bring together people, helps improve negotiating power, and provides generally accepted benefits to the common worker. However, at the same time, they also disrupt certain systems, limit potential growth of the business, cripple management and work relationships, reduce efficiency, and potentially flip the balance of power. Unions were created specifically by workers, thus, the benefits of unions are always reaped by workers, and its shortcomings are suffered by their employers. Unions bring people together, which, in turn, helps workers provide their employers with a general image of the workforce. By joining a union, workers become a more generic group, which is crucial in efficiency when employers consider certain benefits for their employees. Not to mention, a collective of people provides increased bargaining powers, which allows workers to win disputes. In many larger industries, individual needs are overlooked, as there are just too many workers. In a union however, there is a much greater chance that individual