California must stops Unions

[aztecwin]

starturl.com/stopunions

We are in such deep Kim Chee that we just don't find the time to identify the main problems with our California Economy. Public Employee Unions are one of the biggest drags on the California economy and steps to fight back are very hard politically.

[AztecWilliam]

This just goes to show that all good ideas are not necessarily good for all time.

Labor unions were a good idea in the first half of the 20th Century. The trouble is, when unions became very, very powerful, they essentially became just like another big businesses. No, that's not quite right. All businesses (except those backed by the government) must live by the rules of the market place. Unions do not have have to live by those rules.

Unions can call upon their patron, AKA the Democratic Party, to manipulate the laws to their benefit. Furthermore, it's tough for a Boeing or a General Motors to build planes and cars without workers. Therefore, if the union can cajole its members into suffering long enough during strikes, management must eventually cave in to agreements that are not particularly good business in the long run. The classic case in point is the retirement and benefits accrued by the UAW at the expense of GM.

Actually, there is a big disconnect between the administrative structure of labor unions and the individual members. The labor bosses virtually always side with the Democrats, whereas the workers often vote Republican. The workers take the hit when businesses (for whatever reason) decline or fail, but the labor big-wigs seldom suffer. How often do the labor bosses lose their jobs?

AzWm