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Originally Posted by amusedofficial
100 percent bullwash. Unions represent the only opportunity for most Americans to negotiate wages, hours and working conditions. You are force dto join a union the way the country is forced to have a president. It's called democracy. Right to Work is nothing more than a means to allow union busting by denying the workforce the democratic right to establish a union shop through open balloting..
The Unions did not force the Big 3 to make cars nobody wanted. The geniuses in the corporate suite handled that blunder all on their own.
Have a nice weekend. And make sure you thank the American labor movement the people who invented paid holidays, paid vacations, paid health insurance, weekends off and, most importantly right now, Labor Day.
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100% brainwash.
Right to work allows those not desiring to be part of a union to work. Nothing more. IF the union were so good, they wouldn't be afraid of allowing workers to choose to opt out. Instead, they prefer to force the workers to join and pay dues. Why? They' are just not compelling enough on their merits to maintain enough membership to retain their power. They know they only way they can maintain power is by making all workers support them. Forcing membership in order to have a job is bordering on being un-American.
So you think it was possible for the Big 3 to make a competitive car? With about $2000 more in labor costs than the competition, it was impossible for them to make a car with the same features at the same price. Since they were handcuffed on labor costs, they cut corners in the car. As a result, you could always find a better car for the same price from elsewhere. That is why they were not competitive. Only once the unions saw they were going to either take a pay cut or end up with no job when the plants closed did they finally compromise some. It remains to be seen if it was enough.
All the things you mention in your last paragraph are great. As I've said before, the unions were a NECESSARY and GOOD thing when all those items were being fought for. And in some places, they are still working for similar things. But, too often, they're no longer doing such things. They are crippling companies in the name of fairness to the worker but in the end are really just forcing more and more companies to head to Asia and are screwing both the companies they work for and themselves. They're trying to eat their cake and have it too.