Present "their side" of the story? And what is that exactly? You sound like an employer or conservative pro business person
"Pst dont join a union because they we cant take you from behind time and time again during wage negotiations... oh btw if you do join, then you are fired.." and all that.
Give me a freaking break. Management has no side. They do not want unions period so they are in a direct conflict of interest and should not be involved at all.
This is a personal call by the worker and he or she should not be intimidated by anyone, union or employer.
All I can see this change will do is take away the power of employers to delay and block the unionisation of the work place. And you are complaining about free choice and back the present legislation that actually makes it hard to unionise a work place? Give me a break.
And so what? Free choice after all.. That is the whole point. It is the choice of the individual to be a member of a union and whatever union you want. Hell in the "socialist Europe" I have tons of unions to choose from and guess what.. I choose not to join one, and it did not effect my employment. Now that is free choice. And yes the union representatives were pissed for a while, but nothing that a few beers after work did not fix.
Sorry but that is simply not true.
While I would agree that some unions are like politicians, they are in it for themselves and they are corrupt, the idea of a union is a very sound and beneficial thing, just like having politicians is a sound thing.
It is unions that have given health and safety in the work place for one, not to mention the wage aspect. Dont think for a second employers would have done that on their own... we are talking about the same people who sent children into mines and used children in large factories inside machines because they were "small". The whole reason we have unions today (and socialism) is because of greed and the lack of respect for workers by the employers and their political allies (aka the conservative movement).
I fully understand the distrust of unions, because I actually agree in many ways that some people in some unions are corrupt and in it for themselves and I in no way agree with the "tough recruiting" methods some unions have. However that does not change the fact that it is up the individual employee and not the employer to join a union or not.
And all I can see in this change is that, it makes it easier for a work force to unionise, something that was quite hard before.