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To: ajtj99 who wrote (95821)	3/27/2009 4:08:02 PM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

>> In the past 40-years unions have helped sap productivity through unproductive work rules, worked as an adversary towards management, and drove companies to seek alternatives to union labor. Management is not always innocent either, but the unions are disruptive to the normal operation of the labor market, where wages are paid at the going market rate and people are free to choose where to work.<, You are using selective history. Look at how workers were treated for 2,000 years before unions. There must be a counter balance to management or management will take advantage of workers. Even state workers, policemen and firemen need unions to represent them. Right now in my state the governor is being very hard on workers for no reason except she does not like any government or rules. The union is the only thing protecting the workers. IN our police and fire departments two chiefs got in, that were of questionable sanity-lol, and once again it was the unions who protected the firemen and policemen. Go ask policemen and firemen who belong to unions how much they help. I think you will find they help a lot. You just saw what deregulation brought us in the banking industry. OSHA is necessary, but usually a pretty toothless counter balance.

To: ajtj99 who wrote (95821)	3/28/2009 11:40:42 AM
From: Dan3	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Re: The days of graduating from high school and taking a job in the factory at $25/hour plus full retirement benefits after 30-years are over with. Unless you go into banking, real estate, "financial consulting", or mortgage originations. Back in the days when we paid people a living wage to produce things instead of limiting decent salaries to parasites and crooks, this country was a better place.

To: ajtj99 who wrote (95821)	3/28/2009 2:15:58 PM
From: mishedlo	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

Cameras To Catch Speeders Cause Road Rage And Accidents globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Cameras to catch speeders and scofflaws are spreading. If you Get the Feeling You're Being Watched you probably are. ... Mish

To: ajtj99 who wrote (95821)	3/28/2009 2:24:44 PM
From: marcher	Respond to of 116555

"...The things that will bring about a resurgence of the middle class are education, job skills that are in demand and relevant in the future, and a thirst for savings and thrift..." well yes and no. i'm not sure what the "middle class" is. what is it? i rather favor ideas like paradox and chaos, suggesting to me the social system will restructure around a rather unknowable attractor. maybe sustainability will be part of the attractor. what's known as wealth and income is transforming and with it the frame of middle and majority. the middle class is both dead and alive and liminal. unions are not the villain. imo, they are more heroic than management. bias, sure. too much coffee? -g-