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To: Ace of Spades

I think I differ with Stossel's view of unionization as 'freedom.'


2 posted on 01/04/2006 9:55:58 AM PST by atomicpossum (Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
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To: atomicpossum

So you oppose freedom of association?


3 posted on 01/04/2006 9:58:31 AM PST by Ace of Spades (Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: atomicpossum

he right to unionize IS a part of freedom. What isn't, is the government giving special rights to unions, so that workers and employers aren't on a level playing field. Unions have the government-sanctioned right to engage, on a huge scale, in anti-trust law violations that would land any employer in the federal pen. Another serious government imposition on freedom is the laws that give one union the right to represent all workers at a given employer, thus eliminating competition for better unions which actually serve their members well. Freedom is also the right to form, join, and be represented by a different union, at any time you choose. The cesspools of corruption that pass for "unions" in this country are almost without exception joint creations of government and organized crime.


9 posted on 01/04/2006 10:38:20 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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