sympathetic unions will stage strikes as well as was the case in June of
last year. When I arrived at Charles De Gaul airport for a series of
meetings in France there was an hour long queue for cabs because the
rail workers were on strike, as were the bus drivers. baggage handlers
and other transportation unions (general transportation stike) went out
while I was there and almost shut down the airports completely.
suuuuuuuucked!
Haggerty, Mike wrote:
> Should pilots be able to stop all air traffic because they cannot reach
> an agreement with a single air carrier? That's what happened under
> Reagan, and he had to stop it (I think twice).
>
> You should really question what you mean by the word 'free' when you say
> free market. It is commonly interpreted as a completely hands off
> approach to economics, and the reality in America is, has been, and will
> be far from that meaning. It's like saying we live under a 'democracy'.
>
> If you want a truly free market, they have that in France. No slam
> against the French or Europeans, but when French railway workers strike,
> the railways completely shut down (French railways are functionally
> analogous to U.S. airlines). Sometimes the shutdown lasts for months.
>
> No one should be forced to do anything. I support unions and the right
> of workers to organize. I believe we should be so free we can do just
> about anything that doesn't cause physical or emotional harm to someone
> else.
>
> I'm just saying there is a difference between free as in 'everyone
> having the liberty to do whatever he or she wants' and free as in
> 'privately owned and operated with consideration for other interests'.
> The later is closer the U.S. meaning.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:40 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Microsoft Fined 613 Million?!
>
> Why should they be able to force the pilots to stay?
>
> That's insane. that's not a free market, its a controlled market.
>
> --
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> Web Portfolio Manager
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> U.S. Department of State
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