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The alternative is unions correct?
by soared 11mo ago
The alternative is unions correct?
- wahnfrieden 11mo agoThere are various ways of organizing
- ghaff 11mo agoUnions helped Detroit autoworkers so much. I'm not totally opposed to unions but if people don't want to buy the company's product at the price it's offered for (and costs), they can't sustainably force the company to pay workers more.
- wahnfrieden 11mo agoWorkers were not the cause of Detroit's downfall
- ghaff 11mo agoNo (primarily--although, at the time there were a lot of rigid work rules that surely didn't help). But they also weren't a solution.
- bdangubic 11mo ago“ It is not good management to take profits out of the workers or the buyers; make management produce the profits. Don’t cheapen the product. Don’t cheapen the wage. don’t overcharge the public. Well-managed business pays high wages and sells at low prices. Its workmen have the leisure to enjoy life and the wherewithal with which to finance that enjoyment.” – Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company
- sigwinch 11mo agoWho is today’s Henry Ford?
- ghaff 11mo agoYou mean the Henry Ford who brought in often violent internal company police to prevent unionization? I imagine there are many modern examples if not to the same degree.
- sigwinch 11mo agoOr, the one awarded a cross by Hitler. I can’t tell when someone quotes Ford today, who might they think is today’s Henry Ford.