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Re: You are getting close to the truth
Posted by James (more from James) on Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:41:31
In Reply to: You are getting close to the truth, Reality, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:37:25

I agree with most of what you've said here... fundamentally, unions generally represent an economic drag. I suppose there is some merit in cases where a company would otherwise greatly take advantage (as Chaz suggested), but a company has to compete for employees, so it is not to their advantage to be uncompetitive. If there is no hope of being competitive, the strategy these days (unions or not) is to move jobs physically (eg China) to cut costs...

Coming from a high tech manufacturing world... unions are regularly rejected by employees (assemblers + engineers alike)... most would rather earn stock options than pay union dues (myself included)... but by your first paragraph do you suggest that it is likely that we will see unions breaking into the technology world? maybe as a given industry somewhat matures? (I suppose, in fairness to Chaz's comment, most of us do work more than a 40 hour work week to get stuff done, but if it's fulfilling work, and compensation is competitive, who cares? right?)

James...

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Posts in this Thread:

not just saab, stan, Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:42:07
- Lets not forget CEO's compensation, Mitch, Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:01:26
  - Re: Lets not forget CEO's compensation, John Myers , Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:16:53
    - How wonderful, No Snaab , Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:14:50
- Eviseration of the Middle Class is a misnomer, MI-Roger , Tue, 5 Jul 2011 14:58:44
  - I only meant in the title of the article, MI-Roger , Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:20:29
  - Yes and no, Noel , Wed, 6 Jul 2011 06:21:38
    - The vanishing middle class and transfer of wealth, nwas, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 17:34:58
      - Re: The vanishing middle class and transfer of wealth, Reality, Thu, 7 Jul 2011 05:41:59
  - Thanks for explaining the riddles, Tim, Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:41:09
    - Parts cost at dealers, nwas, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 17:18:49
      - Re: Parts cost at dealers, TML, Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:00:33
    - robot parts pickers..., James, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:17:47
      - I saw my first fully robotic Hi-Los recently..., MI-Roger , Wed, 6 Jul 2011 17:08:22
- Re: not just saab, John Myers , Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:14:13
  - Re: not just saab, stan, Tue, 5 Jul 2011 07:36:54
    - Re: not just saab, ryan, Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:10:14
      - this is a classic example of unions in economics..., James, Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:34:52
        Re: this is a classic example of unions in economics..., ryan, Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:46:16
        Unions preserve the American way, Used to be Chaz, Tue, 5 Jul 2011 23:12:40
        If they had stopped there in 1950 then great.n/m, John Myers , Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:32:45
        The AMA is not a union?, Bill Homer, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 06:45:49
        Sort of like Airline Pilots..., Noel , Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:44:37
        You are getting close to the truth, Reality, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:37:25
        Re: You are getting close to the truth, Tim, Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:52:08
        Re: You are getting close to the truth, James, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:41:31
        Re: You are getting close to the truth, Reality, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 20:32:17
        I "work" 7:30 am to 5:00 pm., John Myers , Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:28:17
        The truth is: nothing is perfect, Bruce, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:24:51
        Re: The truth is: nothing is perfect, James, Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:10:07
        Re: The truth is: nothing is perfect, Reality, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 19:51:57
        the article is pretty biased I think, houstonsaabs, Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:34:17

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