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Sure. Which laws stopped the AMA’s abuses? Conversely, which laws made those abuses possible? How are laws made, and how has the AMA, or unions in general, infl
by philwelch 4y ago
Sure. Which laws stopped the AMA’s abuses? Conversely, which laws made those abuses possible? How are laws made, and how has the AMA, or unions in general, influenced that process? How often is the answer, “the union is a de facto segment of a specific political party, always contributes to that party’s campaign funds, and due to closed-shop employment arrangements, those funds are collected from workers’ paychecks regardless of their personal opinions”?
- Apocryphon 4y agoCertainly, if both parties worked with unions, labor would not be seen as a partisan topic. And perhaps the continued rise of inequality might have been stymied. https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-decline-inequality-rises/ https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-decline-inequality-ri... And again, the AMA is not a union, but a professional association.
- philwelch 4y ago> And again, the AMA is not a union, but a professional association. Yes, one of the “professional organizations that effectively function as unions” that you mentioned earlier as a positive example.
- Apocryphon 4y agoYep, so we agree.