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- From: jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe)
- Subject: Re: Ignorance - Was Re: VOTE, BABY, VOTE!
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 10:46:56 EST
- Organization: IFS Project, University of Michigan
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- In article <BxzvtA.E50@slipknot.rain.com>, robert@slipknot.rain.com (Robert Reed) writes:
- |> In article <fLG=_R#@engin.umich.edu> jwh@citi.umich.edu writes:
- |> |In article <Bxy32o.Bvw@slipknot.rain.com>, robert@slipknot.rain.com (Robert Reed) writes:
- |> ||
- |> ||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.
- |> |
- |> |If a union can't get me a job, why would I want to belong? Of course,
- |> |if the union offered other services and used its potentially massive
- |> |resources to offer other services I might still join. I'm not quite
- |> |clear on what it is you are complaining about. All I'm saying is that
- |> |people would be much more likely to join a union if they thought it
- |> |was truely worthwhile. A union, being a large group of people, could
- |> |use its potential purchasing power to provide services in addition to
- |> |contract negotiation.
- |>
- |> Once again, we have the problem of a migrating proposition. I joined this
- |> discussion to oppose the claim that plant safety concerns could be handled
- |> merely by allowing the free market to determine where workers would choose
- |> to work. We talked about regional isolation and government intervention,
- |> and then someone suggested that it could be handled by union organization.
- |> My point is that it can't.
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- Why not? Unions have had good success in getting high wages for their
- employees, why should safety be any different? A contract can specify
- many things. Anything that is currently part of a government regulation
- could easily be included in a contract. Safety inspections could be
- mandated by the contract. Lack of inspections would be grounds for a
- lawsuit. It is much easier to sue and win against a private company
- than against the U.S. Government.
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