It’s obviously clear to me why management aren’t allowed to join the union in the context of a private company, they’re a representative of capital. But I’m a little hazy on why unions would not want to be involved with public sector management. Is that not the goal for many, to have representatives of the workers be the interface with the rest of government? I’d love to read more about this if anyone’s into public sector #unions and has an article I could read. I’m mainly interested in UK/EU.
@hughrawlinson at what level of management do unions generally refuse membership? I ask as someone who has been a manager in the past but at a company so large I had less input into company policy than a Financial Times oped.
@jon this was prompted by my sister (a nurse) saying someone had to as rep when they got into a basic management position, and was replaced as rep by a non member. I’m not sure how it works in the private sector, I’ve never managed to join a union (I worked in tech as an immigrant in the US and the Netherlands, where it’s hard. Should’ve done it in Sweden, but I didn’t know about unions then)
@hughrawlinson yeah, that feels like unions being stuck in the Victorian era to me. Low level managers are just as much under the boot of executives as the workers below them.