Comments on: Why Unions Don’t Work

By: lumnicence

lumnicence — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:55:44 +0000

I think if companies wanted to stop unions, they would tighten up the relationship between performance and pay. Pooling labor by “wages” is the cause, and unions are the symptoms of it.

By: George Sung

George Sung — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:20:04 +0000

Unions were good in a time when individuals were exploited – that’s not the case for the most part anymore (there are isolated cases).
Now that unions aren’t needed we need to grow out of the beast they created – the mentality that “I’m entitled.” It’s not just about the U.S. anymore or any other industrialized country . . . the economy is GLOBAL ECONOMY – so get used to it and adjust.
As individuals we need to sharpen our skills and compete.

By: Michael Krotscheck

Michael Krotscheck — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:06:27 +0000

You didn’t exactly present any quantitative either, Dave. Socialism is a valid and validated form of government, and statements such as yours are uneducated and inflammatory. It might not be your preferred form of government, but it is valid nonetheless.

By: Dave W.

Dave W. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:24:10 +0000

Friedel- you are a socialist, and in typical liberal-socialist fashion you did not offer anything quantitative to support your socialist viewpoint.

By: Friedel

Friedel — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:05:20 +0000

This is an answer to the last question:
There is one point you missed: sending children to a nonunionized school with very good teachers where the teachers are taken advantage of because they can choose between no job or a lousy paid job (which does Not make them bad teachers!!) (SMA)
There is the gap you also missed between a socially responsible system (and the free market ist NOT such a system) and the unionized system. Unions are companies by themselves, they make profit and they decide what to do with it over the heads of their members. If we had a socially responsible market everyone that wants to work seriously should find work (and we would need no unions). Hiring quality workers has a lot to do with how you treat them. Good examples are the early industrial companies like “Krupp” or some coal mining companies who built houses for their workers, had their own health care system and child care. They could rely on their workers quality being part of the system. But this can not be let up to the individual company to do or not to do; they ought to be bound to a social responsible policy by the state.
People would pay more if they would know that the price keeps the workplaces in the country and that every penny a company earns goes back into improving the local market. Only then do they get tax breaks!
WOULD that be NICE!!