The Impact of Unions

Discussion in 'Economics' started by newwurldmn, Jul 31, 2023.

  1. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    So maybe ... someone should get a clue.

    On second thought, ignorance is easier on the mind and ego.
     
    #11     Jul 31, 2023
  2. hilmy83

    hilmy83

    We should unionize against CME's commission hikes. One more hike and we all strike lol. Maybe we can drop the liquidity by 50%.
     
    #12     Jul 31, 2023
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  4. ETJ

    ETJ

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  7. notagain

    notagain

    Yes I'm just as proud of my country as Hunter Biden is. Check his email with Devon.
    Things aren't as they seem, oh well.
     
    #17     Jul 31, 2023
  8. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    there was a time when unions were very important.

    Now their primary goal is to raise wages above the free market rate by creating barriers for non-union employment.

    unions aren’t about protecting the working class. They are about creating monopolies to protect the existing members at the cost of everyone else.


     
    #18     Jul 31, 2023
  9. And the most powerful one is the Law enforcement Union. A long gone friend was a CFO for a publicly traded prison corp. He hated the Police and Correctional Workers Unions because he thought they deserve $7 a hour, not the $24 back in late 90s.


    So how do we find police who will work for $10 a hour? Mississippi prisons use pay corpses $8 and they quit too.
     
    #19     Jul 31, 2023
  10. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    I've been a worker (always non-union by circumstances only) and I've been an owner, twice, and realized long ago owner is where the real power is. Gee ya think!

    Anyone who says different is full chit.

    Some of the same people who like to throw around personal responsibility whine about Unions destroying companies wah wah.

    Even Anti-Semite Henry Ford knew who his customers were - his workers being paid a decent middle class wage.

    Like I've said time and again some Unions have corrupt leaders. Just like some Corporations.

    And some Unions have members getting outrageous salaries and retirement packages. Just like some Corporations having CEO's and other C-Suiters getting oooooooooooutrageous salaries and ooooooooooooooooutrageous retirement packages. But AFAIK I've never heard of any Union Leaders or Members getting Golden Parachutes to get lost.

    Also plenty of Union officials sent to state and fed prisons over the decades, only the occasional Corp types (White Collar ya know) to Club Feds. Pickleball anyone? :)

    https://www.whitecollaradvice.com/what-are-the-living-conditions-like-in-a-federal-prison-camp/#:~:text=Recreation: Campsoffer recreational activities like,Some prisons have weights.
     
    #20     Jul 31, 2023