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Personally I'm fairly pro-union, and I don't really understand the anti-union sentiment that's so prevalent in the US. In your typical employee-employer relati
by anthonyb 18y ago
Personally I'm fairly pro-union, and I don't really understand the anti-union sentiment that's so prevalent in the US.
In your typical employee-employer relationship, the employer has the bulk of the power, and a union will tend to balance that out. Are unions great 100% of the time? No, but the best way to offset any poor behavior is to get involved (much like any government/organised body), not to ban them or ignore them.
In this particular case, it looks like the University is violating labor laws and refusing to negotiate (pretty typical in pay negotiations). If they're playing hardball, usually a strike of some form is the only option.
- olefoo 18y agoWell when one side of the argument owns the channels of mass communication, and can wave the stick of dismissal at people who speak up publicly in favour. It's not hard to see how the public conversation gets biased. People who talk about unions being obstacles to progress that should be abolished are precisely as barbaric as those who advocate confiscatory taxation of the wealthy.