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Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by sliverstorm on Thursday November 23, 2017 @01:17PM (#15766838)
Maybe 'not all unions' but several very large unions are responsible for some massive, fundamental problems we have today. E.g., cities are going bankrupt in large part tied to unions. I don't think it counts as FUD; even if 'not all unions', I think we have identified issues with the union structure that no one knows yet how to resolve, that will come back if unions come back.

It's like trying to argue 'not all cops'. Sure, but we still decided body cams were a good idea.

I believe we need to swing back towards unionizing. But I think there are real & legitimate concerns that haven't been fixed & aren't FUD.

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Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by aperetti on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:29PM (#15767916)
Do we really want to talk about unions bankrupting cities without addressing the corporations? The corps who lobbied for free trade, which opened up the labor market to the world and required Americans to complete with 3rd world level wages?

Then, when Americans did not want to compete with rural Chinese farmers pay, those corporations abandoned the area? Leaving cities with huge infrastructure bills and a large population? None of these issue develop in a vacuum. They are complex.

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Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by srtjstjsj on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:47PM (#15768003)
> E.g., cities are going bankrupt in large part tied to unions.

That's simply a libertarian + right-wing claim.

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Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by sliverstorm on Thursday November 23, 2017 @09:28PM (#15769073)
How do you interpret cities going bankrupt due to collosal unfunded pension obligations? It takes two to tango- the city is party, but so is the union.
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