And in some cases, like the ome I am intimately familiar with, people who do not want to join that club were forced to join and pay the dues. That is what I have an issue with.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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:293084 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
