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Organized labor getting everything they wanted is what led to basically all US auto companies going bankrupt.

• mikeash 12y ago
  There are lots of situations where letting either side have free reign is bad, and the best is for both sides to be in healthy competition.
• michaelchisari 12y ago
  American unions were always pussycats compared to German and Japanese unions, which didn't suffer near the same fate.
• Frondo 12y ago
  You ought to read this: http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/03/05/myths-and-facts-unions-and-organized-labor/198343 http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/03/05/myths-and-facts-...
  • cpncrunch 12y ago
    They quote EPI and Brookings. EPI is 29% funded by unions, so not exactly neutral. The Brookings report concludes that price was one of the factors causing an erosion of market share, and presumably employee wages are a factor in that.
  • tsotha 12y ago
    Mediamatters? Seriously? Well, okay. Let me find an equally credible source: http://www.aei.org/publication/maybe-patriarchal-labor-unions-are-to-blame-for-rising-inequality/ http://www.aei.org/publication/maybe-patriarchal-labor-union...
    • Frondo 12y ago
      If you can find factual errors in the source I linked, or errors in interpretation of those facts, I would be keen to hear them.
      • tsotha 12y ago
        Oh, I'll accept your link uncritically if you do the same for mine.
        • Frondo 12y ago
          Of course I didn't tell you to accept it uncritically.
• Iftheshoefits 12y ago
  Thanks for illustrating my point.