Why do companies that use union employees have the lowest quality products and services?

I did the research. Look at the most reliable products, services and automobiles in Consumer Reports. Look at the customer satisfaction on services by “JD Power” and “Consumer Reports”.


A non-union company consistently beats any union company.

Why do companies that use union employees have the lowest quality products and services?
Well, if you DID the research, then put it up.
Reply:Unions once served a useful purpose and still may, but they have become far too bureaucratic, as reflected in some of their 'rules':





An employee of an upscale clothing store asked a supplier why they shipped reject garments. The first thing that happened at the store was to inspect all garments closely and send back the rejects. She was told that union rules required them to NOT inspect before shipment.





At a refractory brick manufacturer a large physically fit male office worker had to wait for a plant worker to come and carry a box of paper from a closet to his workspace. He was not allowed to get it himself because carrying such things was a protected job. He said he really felt stupid, 6' 1" and walking beside a small woman carrying the box of paper. It took much longer than it should have, since she had to be summoned from the plant.





New York cemetary, once the casket reaches the cemetary no one is allowed to carry it but union workers. Members of the funeral party may walk alongside with a hand on the casket.





These aren't urban myths. The office worker was my brother, the deceased was my great uncle, and the clothing enquiry was made by an in-law. The bottom line is that when your job gets protected enough, all you have to do is put in time. Performance is irrelevant because there is neither reward nor penalty. This is why so many Soviet enterprises from farms to factories performed so poorly.
Reply:The United Auto Workers do not make the decisions of what to build, neither do they do the designing. You want to talk about crap, ask the executive management about their poor business decisions, not the working stiff. I have had the opportunity to work for two different unions and the quality of the workmanship was excellent. A non-union company consistently beats any union company in lower wages and probably no benefits. It isn't unions that are killing this country, it's the greed at the top. You are way off base with your statement.
Reply:You are way of base here and if you think for one moment that you have factual information to present you are mistaken .


Statistics can be used in two ways ,positive and negative and you have chosen present stats designed to make union worker look bad when in fact the best products in the world are union made .
Reply:UNIONS ARE OUTDATED AND CORRUPT. THEY PUSH UP THE PRICE OF SERVICES AND THE PRICE OF ANY PRODUCT THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN. TAKE A LOOK AT FORD THE UNIONS HAVE PUT THE FIRST CAR COMPANY VIRTUALLY OUT OF BUSINESS.
Reply:I don't know what standards the unions expects of their workers, but as a non-union employee, I work hard to prove to my employer that I'm consistently worth keeping on the payroll... which includes the quality of product I produce.





Maybe union workers feel protected from the employer by the union-- "I can do a half-a-- job; the union will protect me..."





Just a thought...
Reply:As a rank %26amp; file union member for over 40 years, I'm not surprised.


Our Union Bosses are corrupt and controlled by the Democrat Party and Organized Crime.


But I always support our local union. They are good people. Used %26amp; Ubused.
Reply:possibly because union rules over-extend to cover incompetent employees with rights that keep them from being fired?





but I bet the employees at the union plant are much happier... which could increase the quality of some work...





but I'm hesitant to believe you... and frankly... I don't care enough to look it up... Unions aren't an issue where I live...





EDIT:


your gripe could be just as easily with American workmanship as it could be with unions... there are many more issues than just unions at play with American/european auto makers vs. Japanese auto makers...





there is nothing to prove that unions have anything to do with it... but you're anti-union, so you'll naturally jump to that conclusion...
Reply:After a quick search I found:





According to J.D. Power’s study of initial vehicle quality, UAW members build the top-ranked full-size pickup, the top-ranked full-size SUV and the top-ranked compact van.
Reply:have no idea,,they do not get a bonus for good productivity
Reply:I believe that today quality is more a factor of the relationship between the company and its employees and an educated workforce than between union/non-union. The latter may have been true in the past, but not any longer.
Reply:Management along with research and development teams create the products and systems of manufacture, not the poor bloke on the assembly line.
Reply:Disagree
Reply:And what exact company in the US has a good product?





Are those working in the McDonald's french fry factory union? I doubt it since McDonald's is against union. Do you seriously call the McDonald's french fry a great source of anything?





How far down this road would you like to go? Ask any repairman... Everything is made to be disposable these days.
Reply:It's due to an economic trade off for the companies. Because the company has to pay a higher wages to union employees, to be competetive in the marketplace the company needs to cut back on expenses elsewhere which sometimes reduces the quality of the goods made and sold by the company.
Reply:UNION, YES!!!!








Union is the way to go. No matter what the brainwashers told you.