Question

Tom is a non-union employee at General Power. Eight-five percent of the employees at General Power are unionized. The union at General Power has negotiated very good benefits. Even though he is not a union member and he does not have to pay union dues, Tom receives all the benefits that the union has negotiated. Tom’s behavior is an example of what?

Answer 1

Answer: free riding

Explanation: free rider is a person who receives commonly shared benefits or resources without contributing or paying anything to earn that whereas everyone else has paid. Usually free riders are worker who get benefits from the unions without being member of the unions The Free Rider Problem

- This is a serious economical issue because it leaders to inefficiency of resource distribution when a person consume more than their fair share of pay nothing but still benefits from the distributed resources.

Answer 2

Answer:

Free Riding

Explanation:

Toms Behavior; being a non union member and doesn't pay union dues; enjoys all the benefits that  union has negotiated; is an example of Free Riding. Free riders are employees who are covered by collective bargaining agreements but are not union members.

In a right-to-work setting, workers have the option to be free riders, receiving the benefits of unionization without paying membership dues or fees. Yet the duty of fair representation requires the union to represent everyone in the bargaining unit, even non-members. This duty arises from a union being the exclusive representative of a group of workers—no other union or organization can speak for them