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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (6640)	8/27/2000 12:09:59 PM
From: Paul Ma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, are there many labor disputes in Europe? What about the history of labor disputes among chip companies? Is it favorable? Paul Curious

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (6640)	8/27/2000 6:13:48 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, the Dresden workers are probably unionized, although not necessarily. The unions operate in a less confrontational manner than they do here, so it is less of a problem. The lag in growth in Europe has more to do with all of the regulations than the unions, the economies are more stable which implies less ups and downs. All of the regulations make it difficult to start a new business, plus there are social pressures against doing such. As a result, the economies are dominated by large companies and startups just don't happen nearly as much. And yeah, Texas has a low rate of unionization, outside of the oil refineries and truckers (OCAW and Teamsters) it is hard to find any functional unions. Employers in this state can fire any employee for any (or no) reason, the only time they have to state a reason is if they want to deny that employee unemployment compensation. Which is another joke of a totally different flavor...