Feedback: Change to Win?
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 02:43 PM
Subject: union
Bravo to the last caller John. He was right on the money. Unions are necessary for all of our protections. The teacher asks why or how can he be recognized for his good work as if he would if we did not have a union. The truth is that he should be recognized for his good work but that should not be the determiner of how he or other teachers get paid. That sets up a very political situation where one is favored over another just because of undefined reason that can be manipulated. If teachers are paid in an objective manner based on years of service and degrees you have earned that is fair and objective.
-AP
Subject: Last word on unions, Stacey the business owner
Duh!?
Stacey the business owner complained about a union guy threatening to
unionize her workers, raise the wages, so she'd have to close her shop--all
because she undercut a union shop.
Does she not realize that EVERY competitior of her shop is trying to put her
out of business all the time--that's what capitalism is all about. Only they
don't tell her to her face.
-LM
Subject: Labor unions & Auto mfrs
Non-union auto companies only pay well (competitive with union pay) because there are unions at the other plants. Without unions, there would be no pressure to pay well.
It is interesting that the new Honda plant is going to be built in Ontario, Canada (union) rather than non-union Alabama, asserting that the educational requirements are not met in the south.
-JK
Subject: Labor Unions
I am in favor of the union split that occurred this week. I am so sick and tired of centrist and inefficient groups, such as the AFL-CIO and Democratic Party, who have done nothing but get fewer members, lower political clout, and been dragged policy-wise closer to so-called free market neo-cons who are laughing all the way to the bank while they ship jobs overseas to China where they can utilize workers who work under pre-1900 conditions.
-AH
Subject: SEIU Split ...I support the split I'm in 32BJ
Good for democracy: lateralizes power, spreads horizontally and increases
numbers instead hierarchical and vertical direction of power.
Labor is in a very different situation than the "perfect" models used in
economic theory. Unions allow for labor to enter and exit the market place
more effectively. Capital can move around the globe seconds whereas labor
cannot travel so easily to say China to compete for jobs.
-TAS
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