UNIONS: Good, Bad... which and why?

[CountArach]

If anyone needs proof that Union agreements provide much needed protection for various employees, I suggest you do some research into the Australian WorkChoices legislation. Basically this meant that all employees in small businesses would be signed up to individual agreements - within a year of this being introduced the horror stories of (Particularly young) workers signing away their rights and benefits for 2 cents per hour started. This forced the government to introduce a 'safety net', which again proved woefully inadequate.

Now we are moving back to an entire Industrial relations system based on collective agreements (with Unions being optional for the employees).