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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (6245)	3/13/2001 11:50:57 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Respond to of 59480

Pro-worker doesn't necessarily mean anti-company. I agree. When workers and companies meet with an open mind, they find that they have enormous shared interest. It wasn't always that way, which gave rise to unions to protect the interests of the workers through strength in numbers and in law. Over time, companies got smarter and realized their strength was, to a very large extent, in their people. The smarter they got, the more they tried to give their people what was needed for both the people and the company to be successful. That is, in new companies or companies without historical unions. Unionized companies still hold yesterday's attitudes and are still fighting yesterday's fight. It's hard to shift gears. The major obstacle, IMO, is the existence of the third party--the union. Ideally, the union's goal should be to put itself out of business as workers and companies become more enlightened. But unions have taken on a life of their own and they have a survival instinct that drives some of them to cannibalize their own. I'm glad that your union works for you and your fellows. I know that some unions can work. I wonder, though, if you couldn't abolish your union, save yourselves $13 a week, without missing a step. Think about it. We often hang onto habits long after they're really needed. We also often hang onto hostilities long after they're warranted. Pro-worker doesn't necessarily mean anti-company. Pro-union also doesn't necessarily mean pro-worker. Anti-union doesn't necessarily mean anti-worker. You reacted to criticisms of the teachers' union as though they were criticisms of teachers. A union is an independent entity--not wholly the sum of its members just like a company or a country is not wholly the sum of its employees or citizens. Thinking that unions and workers are one and the same inhibits problem solving. Karen