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If a cop beats the shit out of you for no reason, on camera, against policy and in violation of constitutional rights and doesn’t get fired; you can thank the u
by n8cpdx 5y ago
If a cop beats the shit out of you for no reason, on camera, against policy and in violation of constitutional rights and doesn’t get fired; you can thank the union.
When the city bureaucracy cant’t process your permit application without an extra 3 months delay, and you wonder why they don’t speed up the process, or work a bit harder to handle things: thank the union.
When you can’t train more doctors, because it is in doctors interest to be scarce: thank the ~union~ guild.
When the factory shuts down, and the town loses its primary industry altogether because it can’t be productive with American workers fighting modernization: thank the union.
I don’t like unions because they do nothing but cause problems and make society less efficient for everyone. We already know how to make life better for workers, which is to run the economy hot (basically one of the few things Trump got right; economy was looking good for marginal workers ~2017-2019) and use labor regulations in the cases where that isn’t enough. Running the organizations inefficiently is not actually necessary to improve conditions for workers.
- mechanical_bear 5y ago“ When you can’t train more doctors, because it is in doctors interest to be scarce: thank the ~union~ guild.” Doctor unions wield no power, thankfully. Source: wife’s a doc
- jpk2f2 5y agoI assume they were referring to doctor groups such as the AMA which actively work to limit the number of doctors.
- dlp211 5y agoExcept this isn't really true. While it is true that the AMA lobbied to reduce positions in the early 2000's due to an projected surplus, once it became apparent that there was actually a shortage, the AMA reversed its position and now lobbies for more positions.
- namelessoracle 5y agoThere's all kinds of hoops to become a Doctor that aren't really necessary for most people to get the healthcare they need. Those organizations help foster that.
- mechanical_bear 5y agoWhat sort of hoops are unnecessary in your view?
- smegger001 5y agoThe AMA holds no power?
- worrycue 5y ago> I don’t like unions because they do nothing but cause problems and make society less efficient for everyone. I wouldn’t say “they do nothing but” although they certainly can. That said … When companies hamper the efficiency of the markets, they get countered by antitrust laws. When unions abuse their “market positions” to hamper the efficiency of the market, e.g. block automation thus make the rest of society pay the price in form of the resulting inefficiency just to benefit themselves, who is there to stop them? Serious question.