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12/21/2002 05:00:00 PM | Timothy Striking vs. Unions Brad, your last post seems to fudge a distinction I introduced that I thought might be useful for you or at least for the discussion. Striking and Unions are not necessarily connected. What I mean you could think that teachers unions are positive without thinking they should have the right to strike. So when we're talking about the right to strike, you might want to note that, and also say why even if you think unions are good, striking is bad. (Of course, striking and unions are intimately connected. It's hard to strike without a union to organize the strike, and the union might not be effective without the right to strike. But it is at least possible to see how the two are distinct: The police union is very powerful, but it does not have the right to strike. Workers sometimes strike without having a recognized, organized union.) But I think you're wrong by claiming that unions only apply to low skilled workers, or should. Even doctors (!) are increasingly organizing, hardly a low skilled group. If you're against the right to strike, you need to think of different ways a union can still have bargaining power. If you're against unions, we need to think of ways to make it so the workers don't get screwed. To note the problems with unions is not enough: if they have problems, so would a situation without unions have disadvantagees, so I suppose your argument is on balance, we're better off without unions. One final note on unions not being in the 'public interest' I'm not sure why unions have to act in the public interest when corporations are not even expected to be socially responsible. Isn't there a double standard here? perma link |
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