Unions
Though unions have received mixed reviews in the past and are continually rejected by some companies, many people still do not understand the reasons behind the need to unionize. Many employees approached by the subject of unionizing often find themselves asking, what is a union? The act of unionizing is defined as forming a group within an organization or individual employees to create and insure fair wages, fair hours, and decent working conditions (The Labor Relations Process). Unions can be implemented into almost every part of the workforce. If there is a way to make money, then there is a way to abuse those who make money for you. Unions seek to level the playing field, to make the individual a part of a large group that can make changes for the present, that will affect the future, to ensure a better work environment for all parties. Unionizing is often associated with factory work, but the entertainment industry is a market that is in desperate need for a unionized system. The need to establish fair wages, working conditions, and decent hours is something the entertainment industry has lacked in the past. Over the years unions have negotiated between union members and the industry to create fairer working conditions, and better pay. But the change has been slow and gradual. The entertainment industry encompasses a major part of the economic growth of the United States and now globally. All facets of the entertainment industry could benefit from unionizing because had unions been in place in the past, injustices in the future could have been avoided. Now in the present, unions help to equalize and protect the members of the entertainment industry more regularly. In the future, unions could insure that people who spend time building brands and creating technology will receive the royalties and recognition they deserve. Unions play an important role in insuring that not only the largely paid, such as actors and actresses get treated fairly, but
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