Jalen Reeves-Mabin elected NFLPA President

[CardsNVols]

Things you mention are exactly the problem. Unions may have been founded on good principle. Now they are garbage. They do a few things. Ensure awful workers are protected from being fired, ensure overachievers never reach potential because there is no reason to overachieve as they will only be paid what the worst worker is paid. They prevent growth and evolving because they are against any change. And yes as you mentioned they overpay people which trickles to the consumer. Please explain to me why someone putting a nut on a bolt with 0 education or skill deserves to be paid 40-50$ an hour? This is why the auto market is now trash and inflated. Has greedy corporate played their part? Of course. But the unions share the blame.

I actually agree that the protections for crappy employees are too much. I'm a state employee and a member of the employee association, which isn't technically a union, but functions very similarly. It's infuriating how many people we get who fake it for a year until they get through their probationary period and then basically become worthless. That is something that should be fixed all around. But bigger picture, I am still far more a proponent of workers' ability to collectively bargain than otherwise. The other stuff needs to be hammered out through better negotiations and unions holding their own to account.

Also, I worked in non-unionized manufacturing for pretty much all of my twenties, and your point about "overachievers being paid the same as the worst worker" is the same there as well, only they get paid a lot less than their unionized counterparts.

 

[BreatheUT]

Unions are garbage.

There aren't many yearning for that job. It's a pain and a hassle.

 

[Smokey123]

He sat behind my grandson and me on a flight to Dallas several years ago. My grandson asked him if he were JRM, and all he could get was a grunt. He about as rude as someone can be.

I’ve met him out in public too… had the exact opposite experience, about as nice as can be

 

[General Jack]

Someone correct me if I am wrong but was he not part of our locker room issues with butch? Was he one of the players voicing his displeasure with the S/C that led to Lawson being let go and basically not replaced.

If so, not sure I’d hold it against him. We basically led the nation in injuries every year while Butch was here, there was definitely some systemic, chronic and pervasive issues with our S&C and JRM was probably smart enough to see it.

 

[will-you-shut-up-man]

Weakest union in professional sports, but congrats I guess.