Question

Why might managers prefer not to have employees represented by a union? Can unions provide any benefits to employers?

Answer 1

There are lots of reasons because of which managers would prefer not to have employees represented by a union and most of them have been seen and observed in normal course.

Unions are there to basically work for the betterment of employees, as a consequence it puts them in an opposite position to that of the employees creating a negative relationship. Unions may impinge a lot in the manager's work the way of constantly urging employees to take certain decisions. A lot of scenarios have been observed where it was quite evident that there was no mutual respect between management and unions. In other words, for managers it is less hassle and friction when employees don't get represented by unions.

2. Yes, unions can provide following benefits to employers.

1. Unions may help employers by ensuring more commitment and compliance from employees. Unions often fight employers for employee's rights but in return employers also demand commitment which helps employers.

2. Unions ensure that employees are disciplined. Discipline is a challenge that management struggles a lot at and union contracts helps in establishing an improved behavior from employees.

3. Discussing pay and compensation with unions result in complete transparency within the employees which motivates them. Also managers don't have to keep one employee's pay a secret from other employees.