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There are unions in the nordic countries. They generally work quite well and don't hurt those countries competitiveness - those nations are quite competitive.
by minthd 12y ago
There are unions in the nordic countries. They generally work quite well and don't hurt those countries competitiveness - those nations are quite competitive.
I believe Germany is also highly unionized.
So maybe we should learn from them ?
And BTW in all those countries one thing about those unions is that they are highly responsible - they understand the market realities and understand that people need to justify salries or else there would be layoffs.
- bnolsen 12y agono. hard working europeans leave europe to escape the system where they have little hope of bettering themselves in the european system. lots of them showed up in china working as part of outsource or manufacturing firms. talked to several myself.
- pgeorgi 12y agohttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/volkswagen-s-sort-of-union-in-tennessee http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/volkswagen... describes the tension of having a company with German-style union-values operate in the US.