Dugdale_Jukes
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So your opinion is that unless these people belonged to a union, they wouldn't show up! Is that what you are saying. It wasn't the skill of the pilot that landed that plane in the Hudson, it was the UNION. Without the union, Sully would have ditched it.
Usually, it is not the union rank and file that's hated but the union structure. That is, until it gets to same place Stockton did.
Stockton bankruptcy showcases results of union greed Page 1 of 2 | UTSanDiego.com
Milton Freidman was 100% wrong about unions and if he had any sense he would have advocated that unions are as much of a necessity for capitalism as are corporations. They are one of the checks and balances on corporate power.
Until they get all of the power. Then what sort of checks and balances do you have in the marketplace.
The best sort of checks and balances are between the employee and employer.
This is false by Capitalism own definition, which leaves to believe you do not understand the concept very well. Shall I give it a go?
The different between corporate corruption and union corrupt is that if a corporation has been accused of corruption, it can be sued, go out of business or someone can be held accountable. This isn't the same with Unions at all. In many cases, the Unions act as a cartel to extort businesses. Depending on whether or not the union belongs public/private sector, the business has the option of either moving away/negotiating with that union, or staying where they are and taking said abuse.The corporate profit motive is the driving engine of capitalism but it isn't a deity to be worshiped above all else. Unions for all their faults are no better or worse as far as corruption goes than their corporate counterparts. If anything the reverse is true. There are far more instances of corporate greed and corruption that there are of unions.
There a couple of economies which performs just fine without the use of Unions, so this is obviously not true. What is essential in a Capitalist society is a strong protection of private property rights and a strong foundation of The Rule of Law.The basis for the hatred of unions has been a deliberate campaign of disinformation by corporations. The reality is that unions perform an essential function in a capitalist society.
While almost all of those claims are unsupported and so doubtful, the part that is shocking is the lack of a list of economies that "performs just fine without the use of unions." Hard to imagine making that sort of highly questionable claim without providing a verifiable supporting list of at least three major economies.
It'd be good to see that list.
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