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Unions are implemented differently in the US and elsewhere. IMHO the case law around unions in the US sets up a perverse incentive structure that results in an
by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
Unions are implemented differently in the US and elsewhere. IMHO the case law around unions in the US sets up a perverse incentive structure that results in an antagonistic relationship between capital and labor, ex: Supreme Court ruling requires that unions protect all of their members from firing, even the obviously terrible ones, this has resulted in huge inefficiencies for workers AND capital alike. Other countries like Germany have better union implementations, such that the union usually has a seat on the board of directors and is able to better set company policy in a non antagonistic non zero sum way.
- snarfy 9y ago> Supreme Court ruling requires that unions protect all of their members from firing, even the obviously terrible ones, this has resulted in huge inefficiencies for workers AND capital alike. This is one of the reasons I never liked unions - they protect the low performers and smooth out the pay scale regardless of performance. I believe in them now though. They are a sorely needed check between capital and labor. The concentration of capital has gotten out of control. Unions force some of the distribution back to the workers.
- clarkevans 9y ago> Supreme Court ruling requires that unions protect all of their members from firing, even the obviously terrible ones What is this ruling?
- bb611 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_of_fair_representation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_of_fair_representation