A matter of Trust

Today the 1st of May, is Workers' Day, supposedly to celebrate the contribution of workers everywhere. One thing of interest to note is the consistent demand by the workers' union for more pay, better perks, bonusses etc. particularly by the Malaysian Civil service union, CUEPACS.
The question at hand would be of whether the union members can fulfill their promises of performing better as a reciprocal to the increase in perks or in meeting their demands.
The difference between the demands of the 2 parties; the government/employers and the workers are that:

• once the employers agree to the demand i.e. increase in perks & incentives these would immediately be recorded into the financial books. The affect onto the financial standing of the employers would be immediate.
• as a reciprocal for the increase, the employees typically promised, via their trade union representatives in the collective agreement negotiations, to improve & increase their productivitiy. PROMISE! Promises and more promises. How much of the promise get fulfilled. Every trade union member will enjoy the agreed perks, but not everyone will fulfill the promises made.

Over time when this goes on and on, employees not fulfilling the commitments made, the employers will get cynical of the promises made by the employees and collective agreement negotiations will get tougher and tougher and often long-drawn and at times require the intervention of the courts. A costly exercise for both parties.

So?

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