I think perhaps part of the problem is the almost indentured nature of a union.
I worked for a school for a short period and I was very heavily leant on to join the union as the perception was that if I didn't, I was somehow betraying the rest of the staff. Unions seem to be hanging onto a perception of workers still being job-for-life, ill-educated and open to bully boy tactics.

I think perhaps modern workers are more mobile, more open to shifting around jobs and perhaps feel like the unions aren't relevant anymore. There's got to be a reason why turn outs for strike votes etc are pretty low and disengagement is usually the answer.
( Kroney, Fri 18 Jul 2014, 11:15, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

Chicken/egg

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 18 Jul 2014, 11:16, Reply)

Don't really see how.
It's at least partly the union's responsibility to re-engage their members. They can't just sit back and say "well they need to re-engage with us, until they do we'll just assume they want to do what we want them to do".
( Kroney, Fri 18 Jul 2014, 11:20, Reply)

Sadly it's becoming increasingly less likely they will manage it as new generations enter the world of work believing there is something bad about unions.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 18 Jul 2014, 11:23, Reply)

Increasingly less likely?
Decreasingly likely?
Stupid language.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 18 Jul 2014, 11:28, Reply)