> Judah wrote: > Anyway, I think there are good arguments about the role of labor > organization and its interactions with the corporate power structure. > But EFCA isn't about that. EFCA is about the process in which unions > are formed. If EFCA is defeated, unions will still exist and they will > still act as pseudo-legislative bodies. >
But unions are essentially private clubs whereby all members of the club agree to have their pay and benefits negotiated by one set of people. If I am a member of the IAM I can work for multiple different companies and the IAM will negotiate my pay and benefits for a fee known as my dues. Now the private company also have a contract with the union that says for X jobs it'll only negotiatate with the IAM. That's exactly the same as a company's exclusive contractor arrangement with a particular supplier. So, for example, I work for a Fortune 50 company that hires all of it's onshore contractors for job X through one channel. If you know a guy that's awesome, but he's not willing to sign on contractually with the channel then he can't have the job. Period. The company does that because it's cheaper for them. So what's all this goofiness about "pseudo-legislative" bodies?? This is about contacts guys, contracts. You either agree to the terms of the contract or you go elsewhere. You wanna call a contact a "closed shop"? Fine. It's just a freaking contract. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293073 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
