Union could fix Nikes problems. We can walk off
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Don’t forget worker protections against offshoring, outsourcing and/or being replaced by AI. This includes white collar corporate employees.
The future of labor in America is frightening. No one is looking out for YOU. The wealthy business owners (stockholders) will take 100% of the savings.
A union isn’t meant to protect the company. It’s about collective strength over an untouchable ruling elite.
A union won’t directly fix the company, obviously. But it will ensure you’re not exited for having too much gray hair. Or exited because you’re not the right demographic. A union… for the low price of 1% of base buys you the possibility of meritocracy.
If you don’t want a meritocracy you are the problem.
How many stories of senior leaders with ER complaints? How many unqualified (based on merit) promotions have you seen? How many unqualified external senior hires have you seen?
A union isn’t a silver bullet. But Nike has proven to not fix any of these things on their own.
Your youthful optimism paraded as anti union sentiment will wane as you come to terms with a severance grounded in your only mistake of your inevitable aging.
@b5 It's not that I'm too good for a union, it's just that I don't actually have anything in common with you.
Unions have their place, but there is nothing a union at Nike would do other than be another money sink for employees. Nike isn't horribly mistreating people, they aren't laying off people without paying them severance or paying out PTO, or skipping out on unpaid wages. They aren't forcing people to work in horrible conditions. Get over yourself. You have a cushy office job that pays 5-10x more than most people make. A union can't stop layoffs that are the result of bad revenues. This post is just as delusional as the one thinking private equity would come swoop in and save everyone.
Walk off wearing anything but Nike!
Walk off wearing only Adidas and Skechers!
YEEEAAAHHHH!
Management can’t be removed. They locked their spots and hired trash under them, Union is the answer.
I agree Nike lost their way and now, they saying we need a few more years to fix it. They been fixing it for at least 4 years now. Soon it will be 10 years
A union isn’t the answer.
Purging the management that has put Nike on the rocks is what’s needed.
Good Nike employees are beyond burned out.
The same old/boys and mean-girls clubs exist and these folks need to be gone.
The global focus was a mistake of a decision.
Not everyone wants the same product.
Nike used to know this and lost its way by listening to advocates of a global design and sourcing focus, along with SKU reduction.
There are plenty of awful people still in charge. Purge the bad eggs already… or fail, again
I would love and happy to support and kick off that but; Nike employees are cowardly. So, they would bow to leadership. They are like the reverse trumps.
They are getting lined up for the sla-ghter house and trying to his in the corner
I am happy to do it.
Unions might not control strategy but they keep raises going up which forces Nike to make better choices. Clearly, it ain’t going well…
I have a union president contact and happy to chat with him
A Union isn’t going to fix Nike. Unions don’t make decisions on the company strategy. We will just be paying for someone to negotiate our raises and be there if needed for HR purposes. To support
@ak 100%. The resources should come from 1% of the BASE SALARY, not bonus, not psp, not stocks. just base. Not 1.2%, not 1.3% - no slippery slope
That's enough to cover the resources we need.
Prepare for a deluge of downvotes. Even after being dumped on the street, even after 1000 homes are shattered and Beaverton becomes a ghost town, bi--hes still think they’re too good for a union.
@OP The CCP is hard at work on this site, no matter the company.
I would be willing to bet that no one takes the initiative to actually start a union. The discussion will go no further than posts on this thread... Down vote my comment but it is true.
now is the time. I support it . no more than 1% of my base salary to cover a lawyer, a negotiator in exchange for better work stability . No more outsourcing
No joking