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Re:PG: “Any industry that still has unions has potential ene... by BurningFrog on Sunday November 08, 2015 @07:27PM (#10530741)
> While we can almost always find someone who will do a job for less money

Why not let that person have the job?

That's probably the poorest person, who needs it the most.

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Re:PG: “Any industry that still has unions has potential ene... by diyorgasms on Sunday November 08, 2015 @07:51PM (#10530823)
> Why not let that person have the job?

For the same reason we have minimum wage laws. Pitting workers against each other in a race to the bottom leads to unsustainably, exploitatively low wages.

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