Many AT&T Employees Working Without Contracts > Is It Really That Bad?

said by tfrionli:

Let's see what this really means. What are the benefits of working with a contract? Hmmm. I would have to say any knowledgeable person wouldn't enter into an agreement of doing work for someone without a contract.
If you were to enter into a work relationship with someone, say to paint their house, and the terms of the work are spelled out in a contract, then it protects both parties.
Small Claims courts are full of people bickering over details of work not done so on and so forth, but when a contract is produced it gives the judge some clear definition of the work relationship and hopefully a decision can me made, by using that legally binding agreement.

Working without a contract gives the workers protection from the old contract while the negotiations continue for the details of the new contract to be produced.

Would you prefer to have a non-union, fly by night tech, running through your house or business, or a unionized tech who has the peace of mind to take the time to do his job professionally and with the knowledge to perform his job, without the threat of being fired because he doesn't do 8 jobs in a day?

said by gfd :

I try and avoid union workers whenver possible. Anyone that can't stand on the merits of their work and has to strongarm a business through mob tacticts to keep a job is not someone I want to do business with. Union labor is of subpar quality. You know it is.

said by sonicmerlin:


The very idea that you think a union "mob" is attempt to "strongarm" their employer is beyond idiotic. You do understand that employers have ALL THE LEVERAGE and individual workers have absolutely NO POWER without unions, right?

said by Homer J:

So every employer out there is going to take advantage of their employees without a union. I find that very difficult to believe.