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Making the case to disband ALL public unions and enact a national right to work law.
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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 901911" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p><strong>Re: Making the case to disband ALL public unions and enact a national right to work l</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree. Kevin's research into the labor struggle pre-Wagner/Taft Hartley is very good. Kevin and Tom Knapp (a former union official himself) @ C4SS have written much on the subject of labor and it's free market roots prior to 20th century gov't interventions, mostly to benefit large scale employers. </p><p>I might take unionism as we know it today much more serious if they began to look to it's roots and at least talk of re-capturing those lost traditions. Even cooperatives and mutual aid societies could go a long way in not just strengthening the union movement but even make for a better quality of life not just for union members but employers as well. </p><p></p><p>Most everyone at UPS agree that going public was a huge mistake in making ourselves a servant to Wall Street interests ahead of our customers and ourselves. Prior to that we were headed towards in some respect an older tradition of a true employee owned company as hourlies could buy stock. If our present union were to actually look back to the traditions of unionism, the union and the membership would look seriously at working with management folk to craft a strategy towards buying back the company and going back private. Employee owned and employee run companies are of an older tradition long lost and sadly I might add.</p><p></p><p>jmo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 901911, member: 2189"] [b]Re: Making the case to disband ALL public unions and enact a national right to work l[/b] I agree. Kevin's research into the labor struggle pre-Wagner/Taft Hartley is very good. Kevin and Tom Knapp (a former union official himself) @ C4SS have written much on the subject of labor and it's free market roots prior to 20th century gov't interventions, mostly to benefit large scale employers. I might take unionism as we know it today much more serious if they began to look to it's roots and at least talk of re-capturing those lost traditions. Even cooperatives and mutual aid societies could go a long way in not just strengthening the union movement but even make for a better quality of life not just for union members but employers as well. Most everyone at UPS agree that going public was a huge mistake in making ourselves a servant to Wall Street interests ahead of our customers and ourselves. Prior to that we were headed towards in some respect an older tradition of a true employee owned company as hourlies could buy stock. If our present union were to actually look back to the traditions of unionism, the union and the membership would look seriously at working with management folk to craft a strategy towards buying back the company and going back private. Employee owned and employee run companies are of an older tradition long lost and sadly I might add. jmo [/QUOTE]
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