As I understood it, the rationale (and to a degree the origins) of the
labour movement were that management was prepared to trade-off the
opportunity for collective action and some degree of co-power (collective
bargaining, shop rules, etc.etc.) with unions in return for the unions
undertaking to
Mike Gurstsein wrote:
It looks now that in the interests of efficiency the labour
movement has decided to give up on the first part of the equation.
There was the same hearty cheering as before, and the mugs were
emptied to the dregs. But as the animals outside gazed at the
