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<blockquote data-quote="hypocrisy" data-source="post: 930573" data-attributes="member: 9500"><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">Methinks you don't read enough. Standards of pay and benefits have not risen because Corporations do not play fair and act as economic models say they should. Every time wages <em>should</em> rise there is some explanation why Business does not feel pressure to do so. What is missing is the power of collective bargaining to force Corporations to recognize the worker as entity deserving of respect.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">If what you say were true, then the relentless attack on Unions over the past 40 years (which has been very successful as far as declining membership) would have resulted in substantially higher pay for workers, near universal paid health care from employers, near universal real pensions or 401k's that would truly pay for your declining years, and the highest, most exemplary safety and workplace respect record on the planet. Guess what, it hasn't happened.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">Even as I read about how productive American workers are compared to the rest of the world, none of this has happened. Instead, workers have suffered with stagnant wages held down by an artificial 'scale' (not your true market forces) they roll over and accept; suffered with inadequate 401k plans, if any pension at all, that pretty much guarantee most workers will be on some form of government assistance in their declining years; suffer with completely inadequate health care coverage at atrociously high rates even though Corporations have it within their power to band together and bargain for those rates collectively (and Fedex is a great example as they don't even provide any health care coverage to part time employees and the friend/T coverage is woefully lacking and expensive. I believe healthcare should be employer provided as they have an inherent interest in your continuing good health.); and suffer even more as the headlines scream every few months about hostile work environments where women are subject to sexual harassment, glass ceilings, systemic discrimination against non-white ethnicities, and suffer from rampant employment of illegal aliens at less than minimum wage. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span><span style="color: #0000cd">Sorry but I deal in reality, and I find your argument lacking. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hypocrisy, post: 930573, member: 9500"] [COLOR=#0000cd] Methinks you don't read enough. Standards of pay and benefits have not risen because Corporations do not play fair and act as economic models say they should. Every time wages [I]should[/I] rise there is some explanation why Business does not feel pressure to do so. What is missing is the power of collective bargaining to force Corporations to recognize the worker as entity deserving of respect. If what you say were true, then the relentless attack on Unions over the past 40 years (which has been very successful as far as declining membership) would have resulted in substantially higher pay for workers, near universal paid health care from employers, near universal real pensions or 401k's that would truly pay for your declining years, and the highest, most exemplary safety and workplace respect record on the planet. Guess what, it hasn't happened. Even as I read about how productive American workers are compared to the rest of the world, none of this has happened. Instead, workers have suffered with stagnant wages held down by an artificial 'scale' (not your true market forces) they roll over and accept; suffered with inadequate 401k plans, if any pension at all, that pretty much guarantee most workers will be on some form of government assistance in their declining years; suffer with completely inadequate health care coverage at atrociously high rates even though Corporations have it within their power to band together and bargain for those rates collectively (and Fedex is a great example as they don't even provide any health care coverage to part time employees and the friend/T coverage is woefully lacking and expensive. I believe healthcare should be employer provided as they have an inherent interest in your continuing good health.); and suffer even more as the headlines scream every few months about hostile work environments where women are subject to sexual harassment, glass ceilings, systemic discrimination against non-white ethnicities, and suffer from rampant employment of illegal aliens at less than minimum wage. [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000cd]Sorry but I deal in reality, and I find your argument lacking. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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