(one) Problem

Unions are more fragile than I ever would have thought. Last year at the JCC, when we had 2 stewards in our building, we had something like 95% participation. Then, both the stewards left, and it went down to no more than 15% or something. And this year was the year of contract negotiations. So there was only participation from a single school, out of 6 or so. And so of course, the union had no teeth to bargain with. So the wages stay the same. So attrition is high. So the union always has to start from square one. It’s a vicious cycle, and doesn’t take much from companies to crack down.