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You know ... there's a reason that US Unions are partisan, which is that the Republican party has been on a mission to destroy them since Reagan and has largely

You know ... there's a reason that US Unions are partisan, which is that the Republican party has been on a mission to destroy them since Reagan and has largely succeeded.

smsm42 6y ago
Union's popularity has been falling for years and years: https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/480481-unions-decline-again-and-public-sector-right-to-work-may-be-a-reason https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/480481-unions-decline-ag... and for a good reason - as soon as you don't force people to join, turns out not everybody wants to. And the polarization of unions is far from a forced move. I do not think Republicans made this happen: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democratic-socialists-america-teams-teachers-unions-reform-schools https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democratic-socialists-am... It's more like that centralized top-down economy is much more comfortable for the union leadership than chaotic horizontal competitive economy. It's much easier to enforce certain policy by the power of the government than negotiate it privately with each employer. That makes unions a natural ally of socialists. And of course there's nothing like government subsidies and regulations - which can be exchanged for votes and donations - to hide the inefficiencies of inflexible unionized setups and deflect the competitive threats from more agile and enterprising newcomers. Again, here the unions are the natural allies of centralized regulatory state. And the effects of this are pretty obvious: https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/why-nyc-is-priciest-city-in-the-world-for-infrastructure-projects/ https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/why-nyc-is-priciest-city-in-th... https://www.nj.com/news/2018/06/money_for_nothing_working_the_docks_sometimes_mean.html https://www.nj.com/news/2018/06/money_for_nothing_working_th... That's not Republican party's fault.
- hnmullany 6y ago
  I would encourage you to read the history of the NLRB under Reagan. They absolutely gutted the thing. https://ucommblog.com/section/national-politics/ronald-reagan-union-buster https://ucommblog.com/section/national-politics/ronald-reaga... (And Zerohedge is a trashbag of libertarian fanfiction and russian govt talking points - with the exception of their currency coverage - which is great stuff.)

You know ... there's a reason that US Unions are partisan, which is that the Republican party has been on a mission to destroy them since Reagan and has largely succeeded.

smsm42 6y ago

Union's popularity has been falling for years and years: https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/480481-unions-decline-again-and-public-sector-right-to-work-may-be-a-reason https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/480481-unions-decline-ag... and for a good reason - as soon as you don't force people to join, turns out not everybody wants to. And the polarization of unions is far from a forced move. I do not think Republicans made this happen: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democratic-socialists-america-teams-teachers-unions-reform-schools https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democratic-socialists-am... It's more like that centralized top-down economy is much more comfortable for the union leadership than chaotic horizontal competitive economy. It's much easier to enforce certain policy by the power of the government than negotiate it privately with each employer. That makes unions a natural ally of socialists. And of course there's nothing like government subsidies and regulations - which can be exchanged for votes and donations - to hide the inefficiencies of inflexible unionized setups and deflect the competitive threats from more agile and enterprising newcomers. Again, here the unions are the natural allies of centralized regulatory state. And the effects of this are pretty obvious: https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/why-nyc-is-priciest-city-in-the-world-for-infrastructure-projects/ https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/why-nyc-is-priciest-city-in-th... https://www.nj.com/news/2018/06/money_for_nothing_working_the_docks_sometimes_mean.html https://www.nj.com/news/2018/06/money_for_nothing_working_th... That's not Republican party's fault.

hnmullany 6y ago
I would encourage you to read the history of the NLRB under Reagan. They absolutely gutted the thing. https://ucommblog.com/section/national-politics/ronald-reagan-union-buster https://ucommblog.com/section/national-politics/ronald-reaga... (And Zerohedge is a trashbag of libertarian fanfiction and russian govt talking points - with the exception of their currency coverage - which is great stuff.)