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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 4814036" data-attributes="member: 76643">I don't think marketing can gloss over that 'the economy' imposes an adversarial situation. Companies want higher profit margins and sped up production, and unions want higher wages, including expensive benefits, and better working conditions. Since companies compete against each to survive, only so much of those additional costs can be passed on to their customers.Let's not forget that 'business unionism' has been the dominant strand -- 'a fair day's work for a fair day's pay' -- and was essentially powerless to prevent companies from seeking to replace costly human labor with robots or far cheaper labor in developing countries. Or else to use all legal means (see Fed Ex, and btw thanks government!) to thwart attempts at unionizing.</blockquote>