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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (91809)8/24/2001 1:08:15 AM
From: shadowman  Read Replies (2) of 132070
 
Don,

Have you never heard of political influence? Right to work laws.....the legal right of an employer to hire replacement workers to combat a strike or work stoppage.....pressures put on employees by employers not to organize?

There are many, many, layers to this discussion. It seems a little simplistic to assume that the explanation can be found solely in the economics of supply and demand.

Economic and political forces have played critical roles in deciding how much power employers and employees are allowed. Many historical examples of employers having undue power....southern plantations for instance....pre-unionized auto factories, coal mines and on and on. Not to mention the historical differences in employee pay based on nothing more than gender.

This employer/employee relationship is in a constant state of flux. To think that it exists in a natural unfettered state of supply and demand seems a bit naive.....or if one were working in the labor relations department of a large corporation, self serving.
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