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To: discostu
There's not much secret about which party worships the unions.

That's the rub, isn't it? We don't pay Pubbie protection money, whereas the corporations do.

There's nothing statist about thinking a monopoly organization keeping labor costs immune to the free market is bad. That's just a matter of having open eyes. Drop the CBAs, end strikes, let employees negotiate their pay as individuals the way the free market was designed to.

How about the individual owners come out from behind the corporate veil and negotiate directly with individual pilots? I would take that in a heartbeat. My pay and working conditions would skyrocket. They would not have a professional management team, and would not be able to spread pain out across other owners - they would be at the mercy of the handful of pilots that flew their individual aircraft on the individual routes. My economic leverage would be unlimited, and I could retire by 37.

Go for it! Eliminate unions and corporations. No strikes, no lockouts, and a true competitive field at last.

165 posted on 10/08/2002 12:24:28 PM PDT by Orion
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To: Orion
No you payb the democrats protection money. You decided who to sleep with, don't get mad at me because you woke up with flees.

But the individual owners CAN'T negotiate with you guys individually. You're hiding behind the union. The CBA specifically forbid individual negotiation, their hands are tied. Of course most of these companies are publicly owned, so basically you're just being a rude dick at this point.
169 posted on 10/08/2002 1:03:24 PM PDT by discostu
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