As in the corporatist model, it also makes cross-sector negotiations more likely--one omnibus business group negotiating with an umbrella labor organization. If, Doug has pointed out, larger businesses have bigger markets and are better able to pass on their costs to consumers, then cross-sector negotiations are the likely vehicle with which to do this.
Joel Blau Original Message: ----------------- From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:47:38 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The economy - a new era? Lenin applauded large factories for just that reason. On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:44:13AM -0800, joanna bujes wrote: > The other reason is that more concentration make it easier to organize > labor...they're all in one or a few places. I remember reading somewhere > famous that the mammoth factories of early 20th century Russia made it > easier to organize the workers. Today, I guess it would make strikes > more effective. > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
