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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by djsumdog on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @07:39PM (#12602223)
I think you have that backwards. Unions work best for unskilled work. They're not really necessary in most skilled jobs where worker demand is high and wages are competitive.
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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by Chinjut on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @08:03PM (#12602337)
There are many skilled professions which are highly unionized; e.g., the various TV and film production unions. Which professions are and aren't unionized is, to a large extent, just a quirk of historical circumstance.
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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by eternalban on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @08:06PM (#12602346)
Unions are a collective bargaining mechanism.

> unskilled

http://www.alpa.org/about-alpa/what-we-do

> necessary

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/01/15/415m-settlement-...

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