> Jim wrote: > So in a factory assembly foreman isn't a commodity: you want your best > person there. There's a quality measure. But pallet stackers may be a > commodity
Good point. But I guess it's kind of an ant-grasshopper argument. The union version would go like this: The ant works hard all summer while the grasshopper plays. Come winter the ant is well fed and warm while the grasshopper is cold and hungry. So the grasshopper calls in a news crew to "expose" the unfair luxury ants have while grasshoppers are cold and hungry. Then the grasshoppers stage a protest at the capitol and say that grasshoppers should unionize to make sure they get some of the "pie" that the ants are hogging. To continue to do business, the ant has to give 5 grasshoppers work even though he doesn't need or want that many workers. Soon the ant is working twice as hard as he used to just to keep himself fed since he's being forced to subsidize the grasshoppers. Eventually they all die poor, cold, and hungry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189065 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
