[durasell]

Irrelevant now...





In their current form, they're absolutely irrelevant. But that doesn't mean they can't be relevant again. Somebody in the near or far future is going to earn a PhD by studying why the unions didn't change their business model to adapt to a changing world.

[Pharmboy]

Great point...and deserving of a PhD. The first thing they need to do is get rid of all the union organizers who break bones (or at least threaten to). They always seem to devolve that way, don't they?

And reading A. Pole's posts reminds us where that mindset comes from, eh?

[supercat]

Somebody in the near or far future is going to earn a PhD by studying why the unions didn't change their business model to adapt to a changing world.

Because the present model is probably more profitable for the union bosses than would be any model that worked to the mutual benefit of companies and workers.

[A. Pole]

In their current form, they're absolutely irrelevant. But that doesn't mean they can't be relevant again.

I agree.