On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with union proponents that unions guaranteed the middle class a > living wage and that had positive effects for all of us but, like any > institution, they grew out of all proportion with what they actually did. > > Outcome-wise, unions pretty much miss the mark these days. > > We need a new mechanism to bring equality back to wage distribution, but it > ain't gonna be unions so we should just let them die so we can get on with > it.
I'm more interested in the outcome than the mechanism. I don't think that there is anything magical about Unions but at the same time, I still think they serve a purpose and I am loathe to get rid of them until we have something better in place. If we can come up with a better mechanism to bring back equality to wage distribution and ensure a relative fairness of power between workers and corporations (and workers and government in the public sector) then that's great. I'm just not willing to toss out something, admittedly imperfect, that has had some success until such time as we do come up with something better. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334834 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
