What Kind of Country Would we be if Every Job in the United States Were Unionized?

[Old Rocks]

What Kind of Country Would we be if Every Job in the United States Were Unionized?

Answer, the broke USSA.

Liberals speak a good talk about workers rights and livable wages, however, if you were to abandon the free market and pay workers above their market worth then economic disaster would come to the United States. You will never eliminate the bottom 20%. Nevertheless, Karl Marx viewed unions as the vehicle to socialism/communism, which is why the modern democratic party are socialists. If unionization is good for a few companies then they would be good for all companies right? Wrong.

I see. Then Germany is broke?

Daily Kos: Germany thrives on unions, socialized medicine, high taxes.

With strong unions, with universal health care, with strong green economy, social security and unemployment benefits, with strong public education system, Germany is thriving with its exports surging and a big trade surplus.

The US tanks with attacks on unions, no universal health care, weak green economy, cuts to social security and unemployment, cuts to public education. The US has massive trade deficits and rising unemployment and the wrong jobs.

Be nice if you wingnuts would stop the talking point lies.

 

[Seawytch]

Well, we know what kind of country we get as union membership decreases...

 

[Sallow]

What Kind of Country Would we be if Every Job in the United States Were Unionized?

Answer, the broke USSA.

Liberals speak a good talk about workers rights and livable wages, however, if you were to abandon the free market and pay workers above their market worth then economic disaster would come to the United States. You will never eliminate the bottom 20%. Nevertheless, Karl Marx viewed unions as the vehicle to socialism/communism, which is why the modern democratic party are socialists. If unionization is good for a few companies then they would be good for all companies right? Wrong.

Unions are part and parcel with a free market.

Communists, dictators, royalty and fascists absolutely hate Unions.

 

[Sallow]

What Kind of Country Would we be if Every Job in the United States Were Unionized?

Answer, the broke USSA.

Liberals speak a good talk about workers rights and livable wages, however, if you were to abandon the free market and pay workers above their market worth then economic disaster would come to the United States. You will never eliminate the bottom 20%. Nevertheless, Karl Marx viewed unions as the vehicle to socialism/communism, which is why the modern democratic party are socialists. If unionization is good for a few companies then they would be good for all companies right? Wrong.

I see. Then Germany is broke?

Daily Kos: Germany thrives on unions, socialized medicine, high taxes.

With strong unions, with universal health care, with strong green economy, social security and unemployment benefits, with strong public education system, Germany is thriving with its exports surging and a big trade surplus.

The US tanks with attacks on unions, no universal health care, weak green economy, cuts to social security and unemployment, cuts to public education. The US has massive trade deficits and rising unemployment and the wrong jobs.

Be nice if you wingnuts would stop the talking point lies.

What we do have, however, is a record number of billionaires. Which means something like 40% of the wealth in this country is controlled by less then 1000 people.

That's also something that the founders were vehemently against.

 

[depotoo]

Pubic, you're full of shit. Every job does not need to be unionized. Unionization is the result of unfair and overly greedy management practices, i.e. bullies. Many companies treat their employees with the respect they deserve; consequently, their employees have no need or desire to unionize.

So just minimum wage jobs like Retail, Fast Food, and such? Because everyone knows that government unionized workers have experienced a plethora greedy management practices, and thus, needed to unionize to keep the man off their backs.

Those of you who blame unions for everything are dipsticks. All the unions do is try to get the most they can for their workers, plain and simple. It is the companies that they work for who have the final say as to what they get and don't get. Employers don't have to and do not always give in to union demands when contracts are negotiated. Even in professional sports, the unions don't get everything they want.

Come again? Surely you aren't stating there are not threats made to those companies if they don't give them what they want, or to the school districts if they don't get what they want. I could go on and on.
Illinois Caterpillar Plant Faces Strikes From Unions After Expired Contracts
Utility Union Strikes Amid Heat Wave
TV technical union strikes against Pac-12 Networks - Yahoo! News
Union votes to end costly Boeing strike - NY Daily News
Litchfield teachers file intent to strike - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register
Teachers on strike in Carpentersville District 300 - Chicago Tribune
Longshoremen's union authorizes strike if labor talks are not settled | NJ.com
Pilots grounding American Airlines without strike - CBS News

 

[TakeAStepBack]

What Kind of Country Would we be if Every Job in the United States Were Unionized?

Answer, the broke USSA.

Liberals speak a good talk about workers rights and livable wages, however, if you were to abandon the free market and pay workers above their market worth then economic disaster would come to the United States. You will never eliminate the bottom 20%. Nevertheless, Karl Marx viewed unions as the vehicle to socialism/communism, which is why the modern democratic party are socialists. If unionization is good for a few companies then they would be good for all companies right? Wrong.

I see. Then Germany is broke?

Daily Kos: Germany thrives on unions, socialized medicine, high taxes.

With strong unions, with universal health care, with strong green economy, social security and unemployment benefits, with strong public education system, Germany is thriving with its exports surging and a big trade surplus.

The US tanks with attacks on unions, no universal health care, weak green economy, cuts to social security and unemployment, cuts to public education. The US has massive trade deficits and rising unemployment and the wrong jobs.

Be nice if you wingnuts would stop the talking point lies.

The Daily Kooks. Why not move to Germany since you like humping their leg so much.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Well, we know what kind of country we get as union membership decreases...

Did you ever think that the typical union low skill high wage job is becoming extinct in the global economy.

That particular phenomenon has nothing to do with union membership.