I can not imagine a better source of building pride in employees than allowing them to play a part in their employment benefit decisions. After all, we are all dependent upon our employment for building and maintaining our homes and families, which we all can agree is why we work at all. The question at hand is whether or not there should be committees to make decisions on day to day activities, and further, should there be any committees in the workplace to broach matters such as would be negotiated by a collective bargaining unit. Even though subjects have arisen that could be construed as failing under this realm of activity, there is a broader issue involved. That issue stems from the ways companies need to conduct business these days to merely survive.
Competition is thought to be a matter of money.
In order to maintain a viable work force in our area, other benefits besides money must be looked to in order to attract competent, aggressive, and qualified people. Thus, committees were set up to suggest policies, benefits, work practices, safety consideration, and to be an active part of the company. When our Benefits Committee was set up, our thoughts were to be directed toward any and all ideas we thought of benefit to the employees. These ideas were to be proposed to the Executive Committee in writing for their consideration. We were proud to think we had a part in bringing these about.