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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Snore. Zzzzzzzzzzzz. Snore
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Imagine if they actually used that freedom effectively instead of being blips on the radar.
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The list of things he said unions felt compelled to protect really should have included, for the sake of completeness and honesty, the entrenched hierarchies and their privileges. Because clearly they're not interested in putting those in too much danger.
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Dipping my toes in organized labor brought me to the conclusion that many of the benefits of unions are things that all workers should have, like a voice in company decisions, safe working conditions, and protection from unjust firing.
The downside of unions is that membership seems to come from poeple who are a little too content to be employees. This is understandable, since most workers would prefer to leave their jobs at work. The problem with this is that they have never thought to seek a stronger voice in company decisions. What if auto-workers had a say in company decisions like CEO pay and design of new products? Would the American auto industry have floundered against foreign cometition. Would executive pay in other industries have inflated out of control while worker wages stagnated?
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Neither unions nor Occupy have gotten the one thing people making 5 figures need...a big raise.
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@5: ...and not at all because those responsible for product development and those at the main helm of the U.S. companies were content to churn out decades of inferior crap...
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Ken, no, it wasn't because of union labor or lack thereof, it was because the American automakers put out a shitty product, which may explain why they had to pander to people's patriotism in their marketing. Lets see, we had just gone through an oil crisis, and people were becoming aware of the pollution problem that stemmed from all the cars on the road, and there was a large portion of the population which wanted better fuel efficiency, yet they churned out a bunch of crappy gas guzzlers, and the fuel efficent models they did offer us were garbage.

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