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Basically in 1981 Reagan fired 11000 striking air traffic controllers which broke the backs of American unions, permanently establishing corporations' privilege
by Avshalom 8y ago
Basically in 1981 Reagan fired 11000 striking air traffic controllers which broke the backs of American unions, permanently establishing corporations' privilege over humans. Ever since companies have been insisting that workers spend more and more so that they can be slotted into ever more specific niches without the company risking anything.
- barry-cotter 8y agohttp://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--U-S--Air-Traffic-Controllers-Go-on-Strike.html http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-... > At 7:00 a.m. on Aug. 3, 13,000 PATCO members went on a strike in violation of a law barring federal employees from striking against the government.
- closeparen 8y agoUnions typically protect existing workers by constraining the supply of new ones. At the very least, holding wages high constrains the number of workers a firm can afford. Unions are great as an employee, but I would not be pining for them as a job seeker, particularly a junior job seeker (seniority rules are notorious).