1 Sep 2022 3:20 pm
I take little objection to the rights of workers to collectively bargain. It is a free country and all are free to enter into whatever contracts (for labor or other) they freely choose without coercion. You are correct in recognizing the circumstances around the turn of the 20th century. At that time you had an imbalanced and unfair system in which the industrial barons were not forced to compete for labor in a free and fair market due to unfair trade practices and vertical and horizontal monopolies in all the major industries. And this is in fact what brought about the need to collectively bargain. Eventually the monopolies of the barons were broken up and anti-trust laws were enacted which curtailed such practices to a large extent. The age of the industrial barons largely ended, though modern versions continuously arise as new technologies and industries arise which aren't so easily identified. But eventually they fall under the constraints of the anti-trust laws and corrections made. Often times market forces themselves step in before such actions are fulfilled.GHETTOBLASTER » 01 Sep 2022, 2:39 pm » wrote: ↑ Tell that to Leck Walesa....
Strong Unions OPEN UP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THEY HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE PREVAILING WAGES OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY
ITO NOT BE HOME OWNERS, OR FAMILY MEN.
To be forced to be in the RACE TO THE BOTTOM THAT ALL UNION BUSTING TRAITORS WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
A SHRUNKEN MIDDLE CLASS WITH A THIRD WORLD BANANA REPUBLIC POPULATION DOING THE LIONS SHARE OF THE WORK.