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| | UNION | NON-UNION | A Voice on the job
| Only Union members enjoy the legal right and power to have a say on the job.
| Management has exclusive control and decision making power.
| | Wages | Pay rates are negotiated to ensure fairness to everyone and protected in the union contract.
| Management alone decides what's fair pay and can base any raises on business needs, favouritism or anything else.
| | Benefits | Protected by the contract. Changes can only be made if approved by you.
| If available at all, they can be reduced or taken away completely at any time.
| Hiring and Layoff Provisions
| By the method approved by the Union and guaranteed by the contract.
| It's all up to the management.
| Unfair Treatment and Job Protection
| Workers have a protected way to challenge any unfair treatment with support and representation from their Union. Just cause standards are applied with binding arbitration if the parties can't agree.
| You're on your own. Any grievance process gives management the last word.
| Working Conditions
| Shift schedules, vacation/holiday pay, subcontracting, work standards, layoff procedures and hours of work are all agreed to between the workers and employer and protected in the contract.
| Management decides what's best for you.
| Protection and Guarantees
| Only Union members enjoy a legally binding written agreement with their employer that defines, protects and guarantees all terms of employment.
| Non-union workers have no guarantees and no protection.
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