Comments on: The Problem With Unions http://hispanicpundit.com/2008/05/08/the-problem-with-unions/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: St Louis Missouri News http://hispanicpundit.com/2008/05/08/the-problem-with-unions/#comment-178276 St Louis Missouri News Fri, 09 May 2008 21:19:46 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2008/05/08/the-problem-with-unions/#comment-178276 Not a big fan of unions.. they have become increasingly corrupt over the years and now they are fat and bloated Not a big fan of unions.. they have become increasingly corrupt over the years and now they are fat and bloated

]]> By: HispanicPundit http://hispanicpundit.com/2008/05/08/the-problem-with-unions/#comment-178268 HispanicPundit Fri, 09 May 2008 17:38:51 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2008/05/08/the-problem-with-unions/#comment-178268 <i>(union leaders are the people who invented the weekend, after all)</i> Not so, the weekend was invented by Henry Ford, a strong union hater, see <a href="http://hispanicpundit.com/2005/09/21/economic-myths-the-5-day-work-week-and-the-8-hour-day/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Moreover, the weekend could have never come around without the great advances capitalism in general have provided - advances that, in many ways, unions fight against, <a href="http://www.mises.org/story/2124" rel="nofollow">see here</a>. (union leaders are the people who invented the weekend, after all)

Not so, the weekend was invented by Henry Ford, a strong union hater, see here. Moreover, the weekend could have never come around without the great advances capitalism in general have provided - advances that, in many ways, unions fight against, see here.

]]> By: Karlo http://hispanicpundit.com/2008/05/08/the-problem-with-unions/#comment-178230 Karlo Thu, 08 May 2008 23:12:37 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2008/05/08/the-problem-with-unions/#comment-178230 A major problem with US unions is that they're so fragmented that you end up with sectors where unions bite off more of the pie than their workers deserve. I agree that K-12 teachers have become overly pampered. (Although we can't fault the unions too much in this case: a few decades ago, teachers were making less than electric meter readers.) In the end, unionization itself isn't the problem--unions have always provided better conditions for workers (union leaders are the people who invented the weekend, after all). What we really need are strong pan-national (or better yet, pan-world) unions that are tasked with looking out for all workers. A major problem with US unions is that they’re so fragmented that you end up with sectors where unions bite off more of the pie than their workers deserve. I agree that K-12 teachers have become overly pampered. (Although we can’t fault the unions too much in this case: a few decades ago, teachers were making less than electric meter readers.) In the end, unionization itself isn’t the problem–unions have always provided better conditions for workers (union leaders are the people who invented the weekend, after all). What we really need are strong pan-national (or better yet, pan-world) unions that are tasked with looking out for all workers.

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