Why do some labor unions and workers dislike behavior based approaches?
A wise CEO once told my father, “People who get unions deserve them.” Unions arise because employees are mistreated, cheated, and negatively reinforced for so long that enough is enough. You kick the dog long enough and he will bite you. It’s primarily a lack of communication and a serious lack of getting union buy in. It’s also a result of many “Barney Fife” observers nagging people with negative reinforcement. Watch Behavior Man destroyed by Kryptonite! For an example of their common concerns, see the concluding quotation from a popular labor union site…. www.semcosh.org In the worst of these situations, the union leaders may begin to feel that their existence is threatened when management tries to change their behavior. Thus, the cycle continues and unions will be with us for a long long time. The solution for this is probably to locate union operations where behavior based safety has thrived. Get these people into your shop to help break down the walls of miscommunication & mistr
