So true Bob. When CEO's negotiate their salary, stock options, benefit packages & Golden Parachute exodus, that's viewed as acceptable common practice.
But, when rank & file shop floor wage laborers want to "Collectively Negotiate" for their salary, stock options, benefit packages & Golden Parachute exodus, (retirement pensions), well that's just, just, so, Marxist?
@rbreich
An easier way to compare it is to compare nations with historical strong unions and historically weak union. Or compare labor laws. The social capital in those countries is way higher as well as happiness indices. And it is correct the growth in the us is unparalleled over a 40 year period but what does it matter when 60% to 80% cannot participate in the wealth generation.
@rbreich I kind of knew better, but the very LAST straw was when Delta tried telling union workers that their union membership wasn't worth the dues, and "you could buy video game console instead, y'know!"
I'll gladly pay dues if I was afforded protection from corporate's next "big thing" being a failure (and I work for someone who knows how to deal with communication workers unions)
@rbreich feel the need to clarify that I'm pro union before saying: I don't like arguments that go "X is good because the bad guys hate it". Sometimes what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Not the case here, obviously, but a bad argument that reaches the right conclusion is still a bad argument.
@rbreich What are the best ways to tell the good unions from the bad ones?
At my last workplace, a union was trying to get us to call for a vote. A rep approached my wife at our personal residence. I don’t know how they even figured out where I live, but it was creepy!