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Rather than be afraid of losing their jobs, they should have been afraid of something much worse - keeping their jobs, creating 10x as much value per year for t
by otakucode 11y ago
Rather than be afraid of losing their jobs, they should have been afraid of something much worse - keeping their jobs, creating 10x as much value per year for their employer as before, but seeing their pensions disappear (with no gigantic raise to compensate), their working hours expand, raises shrink to less than the rate at which cost of living increases, and society turning their back on them and calling them entitled brats for even wanting better pay. Oh, and effectively being on-call 24/7 too.
- fucking_tragedy 11y agoUnions exist for a reason.
- vlehto 11y agoAs a Finn, those reasons don't seem too noble. Every economist and their dog agrees that Finland should lower cost of employing so we could get out of seven year long downturn. But unions have choke hold of this country. My opinion is that unions are OK, but you have to regulate against monopolistic developments. Just like with private companies. Currently there is single union guy who can shut down all Finnish exports for a week.