Wal-Mart 1, Union 0
I’m not an avid fan of Wal-Mart, but I’m an even lesser fan of unions. They’ve outlived their usefulness and in current fashion largely use the threat of striking to extort corporations for above market benefits at the expense of higher consumer prices.
In this case, the moral of the story is ‘be willing to back up your threats’.
Way to put Jonquiere on the map.
posted by Randy @ 2/10/2005 02:01:00 PM
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I think it would be dangerous to say that unions have outlived their usefulness and move to dissolve them. I think they are still a useful tool to help balance workers' interests with those of corporate America, especially as we move towards a market environment controlled by a few, large conglomerates. As companies consolidate and become huge, multi-national corporate entities (with a tremendous amount of influence and power), I think it's more important than ever to have organized labor unions to protect workers' rights and interests.
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