With Unions what will Apple prices do?

[samintx]

Even higher prices for apple stuff. What will it do to the bottom line and sales?

[Racer X]

Unions where?

[rz]

Racer X wrote:
Unions where?

NYC and Atlanta. I doubt it'll have any effect on prices of their products.

[Racer X]

Apple has a decent sized building in Seattle, and no union here that I know of.

[Grateful11]

samintx wrote:
Even higher prices for apple stuff. What will it do to the bottom line and sales?

Maybe they should bring down corporate management pay inline with what it should be and it won't make a spits worth of difference.

LL263 IAMAW life member. Union Strong!

[Racer X]

My only issue with unions is they make it very hard to get rid of really crappy workers.

My partner's dad was #2 in the local pipe and steamfitters union. Many of the union leaders and instructors in the union hall were taught by him when they were apprentices, and he was a master welder for nuclear piping systems. His eldest son now carries the family torch... miley-laughing001:

[Tiangou]

Unions increase wages, but they also increase productivity and reduce churn which saves a lot of money and makes it easier to plan for the future.

[RgrF]

One of the brothers is a retired iron-worker, a union local so tight-knit openings were treated like Ivy League college admittance legacies. You had to be a family member or have political clout to get in. He slipped through with a friend as mentor and has now passed on that membership to his son.

Those sort of manipulations made unions essentially a closed shop and put union membership and benefits out of reach for many.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I would guess that the local management is responsible for screwing over the employees to cause a situation like this. If you can't point out to me when Apple reduced prices on products after offshoring production, I doubt the converse will happen due to union membership.

The vast majority of union jobs ensure women are paid the same as men.

[Speedy]

Tiangou wrote:
Unions increase wages, but they also increase productivity and reduce churn which saves a lot of money and makes it easier to plan for the future.

You also get high quality workmanship.