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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (50098)	8/6/2001 5:05:34 PM
From: peter_luc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, "What would happen if I opened a convenience store and wanted to stay open 24/7, or even until 11 PM?" The answer is easy, it would not be permitted. Well, now FINALLY, there are certain political tendencies to abandon the old law which regulates the hours of the day in which you are allowed to sell goods. But the unions fight vigorously against such a reform. It's a shame! Peter

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (50098)	8/6/2001 6:56:56 PM
From: dale_laroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

>The old craft guilds are the ancestors of the modern unions and their wage demands actually hurt the average german by reduction of his countries efficienecy.< These exist in the US, but don't have quite the same power. A good example is Chicago. I remember when a major computer show was held in Chicago. The union insisted that all equipment had to be hauled into the showroom and setup by union personel. The result was nearly a dozen exhibitors having one of a kind demo equipment destroyed by these trained gorillas. The exhibitors vowed to never attend another computer show in Chicago. But, after the city pressured the union to concede the rights of exhibitors to carry their own equipment into the showroom and set it up, the exhibitors decided they would return to Chicago.