http://www.frumforum.com/obama-nominee-wants-to-strip-employers Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.frumforum.com/obama-nominee-wants-to-strip-employers/comment-page-1#comment-55305 midcon Mon, 11 May 2009 09:06:44 +0000 #comment-55305 Here is an opportunity to do something positive instead of just saying "NO." Why not identify companies that are not unionized and where the employees do not see a need for unionization and then explain to America why that is the case.<br><br>There are companies where employees are essentially treated as simply labor in the economic model where unions could (if they were not corrupt) provide tangible benefits to the workers. <br><br>There are companies where there are advantages for the company in terms of a stable workforce because the union provides a hiring hall, apprentice program, etc.<br><br>Since industrialization, American companies generally do not have an enviable record when it comes to its employees.<br><br>However, as I said in the beginning of this, there are companies that do. Why doesn't the GOP celebrate them, celebrate how they operate? Until then, workers have a right to band together and companies have a right to hire only at will employees. Neither can be trust by each other. And neither are trusted by me. Here is an opportunity to do something positive instead of just saying “NO.” Why not identify companies that are not unionized and where the employees do not see a need for unionization and then explain to America why that is the case.There are companies where employees are essentially treated as simply labor in the economic model where unions could (if they were not corrupt) provide tangible benefits to the workers. There are companies where there are advantages for the company in terms of a stable workforce because the union provides a hiring hall, apprentice program, etc.Since industrialization, American companies generally do not have an enviable record when it comes to its employees.However, as I said in the beginning of this, there are companies that do. Why doesn’t the GOP celebrate them, celebrate how they operate? Until then, workers have a right to band together and companies have a right to hire only at will employees. Neither can be trust by each other. And neither are trusted by me.

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/obama-nominee-wants-to-strip-employers/comment-page-1#comment-54086 ottovbvs Mon, 11 May 2009 09:05:09 +0000 #comment-54086 Washington Insider obviously thinks it's ok for a company to influence the election of union representatives. I wonder if he thinks it's ok for a union to influence the election of board members to companies in which they may have an interest. I doubt it. Becker's position seems not unreasonable otherwise you're only a step away from returning to company unions. Washington Insider obviously thinks it’s ok for a company to influence the election of union representatives. I wonder if he thinks it’s ok for a union to influence the election of board members to companies in which they may have an interest. I doubt it. Becker’s position seems not unreasonable otherwise you’re only a step away from returning to company unions.

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