Re:Kickstarter will not voluntarily recognize its employee u...
by CryptoPunk on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:30PM
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No, American manufacturing started losing its competitive edge in the heydey of unions. It is only because American manufacturing saw a market decline that union membership rates in the private sector declined.
When US manufacturing was expanding the fastest was when unions had no power, in the late 19th century, and that was also when wages were increasing at their fastest rate. Unlike the post-war wage growth, the wage growth of the late 19th century did not come at the expense of the industry that was providing those wages.
>>This is simply false. Passenger rail service went bankrupt as a result of many forces
You should read up on the agreement that the brotherhoods forced on the passenger rail lines and what that did to their financial position. The growing power of the brotherhoods is primarily what did the rail lines in.
When US manufacturing was expanding the fastest was when unions had no power, in the late 19th century, and that was also when wages were increasing at their fastest rate. Unlike the post-war wage growth, the wage growth of the late 19th century did not come at the expense of the industry that was providing those wages.
>>This is simply false. Passenger rail service went bankrupt as a result of many forces
You should read up on the agreement that the brotherhoods forced on the passenger rail lines and what that did to their financial position. The growing power of the brotherhoods is primarily what did the rail lines in.