On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:46:18 -0400, "Buerste"
wrote:
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Unions would rather shut down plants than show any weakness. Unions sure
are champions of the working class, aren't they?
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Like so many human interatctions it all depends on the
people involved, their motives, past experience, and the
scale of things.

It is well to remember that unions exist to promote the
interests of their members, as they are the ones paying the
dues, which is a foreign concept for many people.

An objective reading of industrial history shows that union
"give-backs" and concessions almost always lead to
management demand of more "give-backs" and more concessions,
even as management bonuses, benefits, and salaries increase.

Try explaining why it is in the interest of the unions and
their members to allow employees to be hired and paid less
than scale. From their point of view, if a job is worth
doing [needed], it is worth paying scale wages.


Unka George (George McDuffee)
...............................
The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).