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To: Bosco who wrote (8084)	2/24/1999 7:42:00 PM
From: shadowman	Respond to of 9980

I think most organizations....unions, corporations,charitable (United Way), even in some cases the good Reverend's little church down the street, work in large part for their own self interest and perpetuation, at times. Probably got something to do with the human factor? There's good and bad everywhere and in everyone.(end of sermon) I'd like to think that ideally a neutral even handed government has the potential to serve as an objective referee in labor and management disputes. And also legislate laws that are not going to tip the scales in the favor of either's selfish self-interest. I think it's an ideal worth consideration, even if it isn't attainable. Government probably has the same potential to be benevolent or despotic as any other organization. Just since they're the biggest bear in the woods they can be really despotic.( still waiting for one to be really benevolent:) Workers who organize will generally have increased leverage in employee/employer disputes. Individual, unorganized workers don't appear to have the same leverage. Is power and leverage abused on both sides on occasion? Have union leaders ever put their own self interests ahead of their members? Has corporate management ever put their self interests ahead of the welfare of the community it's workers,(or God forbid, it's stockholders)?......Is Bill Clinton a politician?