[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'A')fter joining one of my first jobs I had, when i was 14 years old, I discovered was a "union" operation. I stated my preference not to join the union, and received a verbal thrashing from the adult employees who demanded I pay their union dues. That was my first and last experience with unions. I never figured out why adults were doing a job 14 year-olds could do.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'M')aybe he values his freedom to choose more than money. I doubt you would understand the concept Strings.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'M')aybe he values his freedom to choose more than money. I doubt you would understand the concept Strings.

[eastbay]

There is a tight relationship between the fall-off in union membership and the growing disparity between the wealthy and the workers in America.

And it's fueled and made worse by our open-borders policy which allows several million people (mostly adult, unskilled laborers) to immigrate annually.

Which begs the question: with tens of millions of Americans and LPRs unemployed, why would our nation continue to import millions of (mostly) unskilled workers?

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'W')hich begs the question: with tens of millions of Americans and LPRs unemployed, why would our nation continue to import millions of (mostly) unskilled workers?

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'I')'m hoping that that the unions will actually engage in a lot of this sort of violence before the 2012 elections. Every time they do, the margin of victory for the conservatives and tea party members gets larger.

[ColossalContrarian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'A')fter joining one of my first jobs I had, when i was 14 years old, I discovered was a "union" operation. I stated my preference not to join the union, and received a verbal thrashing from the adult employees who demanded I pay their union dues. That was my first and last experience with unions. I never figured out why adults were doing a job 14 year-olds could do.

[prajeshbhat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ColossalContrarian', 'B')ut with a union the things we purchase will be much more expensive and of lesser quality.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('prajeshbhat', 'M')aybe if you take the time to grace them with your presence every now and then and pay attention to their grievance once in a while, there will be no reason for them to turn violent. If you take away their livelihood they have nothing to lose. There is nothing more dangerous than people who have nothing to lose( and by the way their numbers are growing). And those people who believe they are doing the world a favor by running a business also need to get their heads examined.

[prajeshbhat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '1')) Problem with unions is that it hurts efficiency. It gets to be too hard to fire someone even when they really need to be fired. You end up with inferior product / customer service.

[rangerone314]

In an ideal world (for right wingers), robots would do all work for the handful of people at the top, and the masses could be left to starve, and be killed by UAVs if they get uppity about starving to death.

[ColossalContrarian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('prajeshbhat', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ColossalContrarian', 'B')ut with a union the things we purchase will be much more expensive and of lesser quality.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('prajeshbhat', 'H')ow much efficiency do you want? If you ask an engineer he will tell you that efficiency means more output for less effort. And that's why we have technology. But if you ask an economist or their right wing cheerleaders, efficiency means more output and more effort for less pay. ... I understand there would be a few cases where the worker is completely useless. But such workers would be a small percentage of the overall work force.