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0 pointscredit_guy3y ago0 comments

> you can still do what you're describing.

I doubt you can. Your boss will tell you he can't pay you more than what's on the grid negotiated with the union. My wife works in a place with a union (and is a member of it), and there is such a grid. Nobody even thinks individual bargaining is a possibility.

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krainboltgreene3y ago

So you leave, like you said.

credit_guyOP3y ago

"Pay me or I leave" is bargaining. "I leave" is not bargaining.

krainboltgreene3y ago

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, we are directly talking about a scenario where a worker says "pay me more or I leave" and the company says "Our union doesn't want nonmembers to be paid more" or "We can't pay you more because of the union" and you're telling me "then leaving" is not bargaining.

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0 pointscredit_guy3y ago0 comments

> you can still do what you're describing.

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krainboltgreene3y ago

So you leave, like you said.

credit_guyOP3y ago

"Pay me or I leave" is bargaining. "I leave" is not bargaining.

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