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Surely if everyone knows these restrictions are in place it's not the unions fault if time is allocated unrealistically for the amount of work needed?
It happens without unions too, just means that people end up working 18 hour days, 7 days a week.you can place 'fault' with the union or the employer, but the fact is employers will try to save money however they can within the rules. I can make myself more valuable in a freer jobs market. As I said above, I'm happy to work those kinds of hours by choice if it's worth my while.
I would say however that my experience is not typical, you can't really be a freelance railway worker or steelworks worker, so the same choices don't apply. In these cases the jobs market can drive wages down, as we know.
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Surely if everyone knows these restrictions are in place it's not the unions fault if time is allocated unrealistically for the amount of work needed?
It happens without unions too, just means that people end up working 18 hour days, 7 days a week.