Taxcutter
12-17-2012, 11:23 AM
Is Wagner Act unionism a good thing?
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/15/unions-dems-duck-the-big-question/
quote:
“Wagner Act unionism might have been a good thing in the 1950s, when we didn’t face much in the way of foreign tradefile:///C:\DOCUME~1\DLWHIT~1.BSU\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip 1\01\clip_image002.gif (http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/15/unions-dems-duck-the-big-question/) and the pace of change required to remain competitive was relatively slow. It’s usually a bad thing (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/03/opinion/la-oe-kaus-20100503) now.”
“…government has taken over many of the valuable tasks we used to need unions used to do–e.g. OSHA and policing workplace safety. “
“Is there a Democrat who argues with a straight face that unionization makes firms more competitive? Who points to highly efficient unionized firms that are beating non-union rivals?”
Taxcutter says:
Wagner Act unionism only works in an environment where there is limited competition and the companies have pricing power. In the private sector, that was gone by the mid-1980s. the only place you have the lack of competition is in the public sector and that only because government mandates itself a monopoly.
In the 1950s the issue was union workers vs. consumers. Today the contest is union workers vs taxpayers.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/15/unions-dems-duck-the-big-question/
quote:
“Wagner Act unionism might have been a good thing in the 1950s, when we didn’t face much in the way of foreign tradefile:///C:\DOCUME~1\DLWHIT~1.BSU\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip 1\01\clip_image002.gif (http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/15/unions-dems-duck-the-big-question/) and the pace of change required to remain competitive was relatively slow. It’s usually a bad thing (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/03/opinion/la-oe-kaus-20100503) now.”
“…government has taken over many of the valuable tasks we used to need unions used to do–e.g. OSHA and policing workplace safety. “
“Is there a Democrat who argues with a straight face that unionization makes firms more competitive? Who points to highly efficient unionized firms that are beating non-union rivals?”
Taxcutter says:
Wagner Act unionism only works in an environment where there is limited competition and the companies have pricing power. In the private sector, that was gone by the mid-1980s. the only place you have the lack of competition is in the public sector and that only because government mandates itself a monopoly.
In the 1950s the issue was union workers vs. consumers. Today the contest is union workers vs taxpayers.