Negotiations Teamsters’ organizers may lead you to believe that if you elect to join the union, they will negotiate better pay, better benefits and better working conditions. That’s not necessarily the truth. By law, companies are required to negotiate in good faith if a union is elected. But they don’t have to agree to anything that isn’t in the best interest of the company.
Bargaining can take weeks, months, even years before a contract might be agreed upon.Occasionally, a new contract is never agreed to.While the contract is being negotiated, your wages and benefits are generally frozen. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that: " …collective bargaining is potentially hazardous for employees and that as a result of such negotiations employees might possibly wind up with less after unionization than before."
