[phil21]

Which is the precise reason I fled union work when I was younger.

I got sick of being compensated the same (typically worse) as the worst employee on the floor, while doing 5-10x the productive output.

All these policies do over time is ensure you lose top-tier talent and eventually get stuck with a lot of middling folks who are content with the status quo. This can be a good or a bad thing, depending on who you are.