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Han wrote:


I have to admit that I used to be much more in favor of unions when I
believed that all unions had only the good of their members as target.
And didn't try to screw everyone who stood in their way. SO I'm a bit
more nuanced nowadays, now I have seen more of US union tactics.

Me,too. They seem to be more involved in the Union than in the jobs and
do some very strange things. For example, American Airlines had managed
to stay out of bankruptcy while other hadn't. They asked the unions to
renegotiate their deals to be closer to what they other airlines had
gotten. They refused, AA went into bankruptcy and the deals the unions
end up with will most likely be a lot worse than they would have been
able to negotiate.
Last year GM decided to close down one of the local stamping
plants. They found a buyer who would keep the union but wanted all
workers to be paid at the lower new-worker rate that was part of the GM
Contract. All of the union people had the option to go to another GM
plant and get paid full rate if they wanted to.
The union refused and the GM-gypsies took off for other plants.
The stamping plant closed, 400 possible jobs were lost, and the impact
on the taxes of the school system and local governments was great.


Apparently in Germany the all-powerful metalworkers union a few decades
(??) ago got their wishes (sp?). They were made responsible for the jobs
of their members, but got seat(s) on the boards of directors of the car
companies (I believe). By having to join in responsibility for
profitability as well as job security, labor peace was enhanced. Of
course the current bad management of GM-Opel is another chapter
altogether.

Nobody's perfect. (grin)

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