Originally Posted by
Midtowner
Unions are part of free enterprise and freedom of contract. Workers can and should always be looking out for themselves. Of course, we all know the cautionary tale of the UAW. Sometimes unions can get to big for their britches and tank their companies, but so can executives with some of their excessive practices. At their best, unions are good for business. If you want to look at a really well run union, check out the Teamsters. At least locally, they're known to handle workplace discipline issues more effectively than management ever could.
At any rate, there's nothing scary or unamerican about collective bargaining. If employers would give employees a square deal in the first place, no one would want to even talk about unions. Everyone party to the business enterprise is there to make money, workers included. Why should they not try to get the best possible deal for themselves?
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