In 2015 the percentage of workers in Canada who belong to a trade union increased .1% to 30%. Canada's unionized workforce has actually grown in recent years. Today, the CBC reports that about 4.56 million workers are members of unions up more than 800,000 since 1997. Unions expansion has been outstripped by the non-unionized workforce, which grew by about 2.5 million over the same period.
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@9YFJQZ9Conservative5mos5MO
They help the economy only IF they are actually not being greedy. They should be checked by the goverment for any greedness.
@96ZYY3JConservative2yrs2Y
Unions are mostly good. Sometimes they can hurt businesses.
@958H6MWConservative3yrs3Y
its really in between for me
@93HJWN4Conservative3yrs3Y
Help but should be reviewed by a rotating party of informed workers
@8RQRK5PConservative4yrs4Y
Hurt, I support Private Companies workers right to unionize, Public Sector Unions should be outlawed.
@8QYMC73Conservative4yrs4Y
Neither they protect workers
@8PJVJTNConservative4yrs4Y
Private unions help by providing the work force needed for large projects. Public unions generally have monopolies on their business and have too much negotiating power at the expense of the taxpayer. Public unions tend to support governments that are generous to them which seems like a conflict of interest to me.
@983VWVPConservative2yrs2Y
Yes but it comes at a price
@97T4JZCConservative2yrs2Y
Some help, and some help in theory, but a lot of unions have become corrupt. Though I support some private and public unions. Either way, ban their ability to make political donations
@8YTR7BFConservative3yrs3Y
Without labor unions we wouldnt have building’s to work in or roads to drive on or stores to shop for food in period.
A local Guild can be useful in privately establishing a min training wage, setting up apprenticeships and safety agreements. However massive national unions just basically do what nasty corporations do and keep merging and care little for the worker.
@84JHJXZ4yrs4Y
Both they protect the workers, but also sometimes hurt the workers.
@3FVY82W3yrs3Y
Not much impact on the overall economy one way or the other
@8Z4TXWG3yrs3Y
depends on the people in the union and who is running it, some are good some are not.
@eleemoore4yrs4Y
It is within the right of all non-government employees to join a union. It doesn’t matter whether or not they help the economy.
@8QPG4TW4yrs4Y
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