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To: businessprofessor

You sound like a broken record. Unionism in the private sector is way down IOW you are hallucinating. Save your anger for Government unions. They have no competition


37 posted on 08/18/2007 10:54:19 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

“Unionism in the private sector is way down IOW you are hallucinating.”

Not in the port cargo handling on the West Coast - I believe your average dock worker makes around a hundred grand a year.

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3091FF93F5F0C758CDDA90994DA404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fW%2fWages%20and%20Salaries

They LOVE all that stuff coming from China, the more the better for them, and will fight tooth and nail to keep anyone else from muscling in on their little honey pot.


41 posted on 08/18/2007 11:17:19 AM PDT by RS ("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
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To: dennisw

While your statement is true about unionism trends, your statement does not address the gist of my argument. The longshoremen’s union and other unions have a tight grip on west coast shipping. A few years ago they had a very damaging strike. The west coast ports and union monopoly need competition. If you have facts to dispute the impact of the union monopoly on west coast ports, please present them.


53 posted on 08/18/2007 1:05:54 PM PDT by businessprofessor
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