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Old Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:07pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by IUgrad92 View Post

That logic may work in some European country, but thank goodness not here. The fact that it is a multi-billion dollar corporation is irrelevant. If someone will work/officiate for $X, then that's what will happen. If no one will do the job for $X, then they will increase the rate until they get a labor force that the EMPLOYER is happy with. If the labor force then demands increased pay or a better deal, the employer can either agree to it or go back to the labor market to see if they can find people willing to do the job for the previously established rate. Am I the only one that learned this in 10th grade?
Exactly. And I've even seen two unions fighting for the same jobs....each claiming it should be theirs.

Perhaps these replacements should form a union. That would resolve the reservations of the union lemmings. It would then be union vs. union.
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