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The pilots in argentina is a remarkably powerful union. I single it out because im argentinian
by conanbatt 9y ago
The pilots in argentina is a remarkably powerful union. I single it out because im argentinian
- kalleboo 9y agoI would argue that the behavior of unions in Argentina has more to do with Argentinian culture than the strength of the unions. In Sweden unions are also very powerful (to the point where e.g. laws about minimum wage don't even exist since that's covered by the unions, and unemployment benefits to a large portion are distributed by the unions rather than the state), but Swedish culture has a stronger emphasis on consensus so the results are different https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltsjöbaden_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltsjöbaden_Agreement It could mean that unions or some forms of unions (state-backing etc) are incompatible with certain cultures though.
- conanbatt 9y agoI know that europe has collaborative uniones and they have shown very different results. I have yet to study the german transport case. The unions in america and Argentina are more similar to italian and spanish unions which are rent seeking and confrontational. In argentina, unions have constitutional level protection, and union leaders have pseudo diplo powers( they are harder to arrest for ex). The result is very rich union leaders and all industries where unions exist have terrible employment and costs