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- From: robert@slipknot.rain.com (Robert Reed)
- Subject: Re: Ignorance - Was Re: VOTE, BABY, VOTE!
- Message-ID: <Bxy32o.Bvw@slipknot.rain.com>
- Reply-To: robert@slipknot.rain.com.UUCP (Robert Reed)
- Organization: Home Animation Ltd.
- References: <R+F=f7-@engin.umich.edu> <Bxuu0A.7uz@slipknot.rain.com> <0bF=Zq_@engin.umich.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:59:11 GMT
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- In article <0bF=Zq_@engin.umich.edu> jwh@citi.umich.edu writes:
- |In article <Bxuu0A.7uz@slipknot.rain.com>, robert@slipknot.rain.com (Robert Reed) writes:
- ||No. It takes more than justification. If the available labor force greatly
- ||exceeds the available jobs, and the union has insufficient resources to keep
- ||that labor force at even a minimum level of food, shelter and clothing,
- ||ideology goes out the window. The combination of a small pool of available
- ||labor and solidarity in the union is what makes a union strong.
- |
- |I disagree. A union is in a position to offer a wide variety of services
- |to potential members. All too often, it offers limited services (contract
- |negotiation) and relies on government granted monopoly powers to maintain
- |its existence. Unions should work to offer a wider variety of services
- |to its members. For example, they could offer free or inexpensive
- |training seminars, low cost insurance, job placement assistance, legal
- |assistance, etc.
-
- Excuse me, but all of that is pure bu####it if a union can't get you a job and
- make sure you survive to perform it.
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