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Debate: Are unions what caused the United States to lose so many manufacturing jobs?
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:18 pm
Obviously unions were needed to fight for the average work in the early 1900's but did they outlast their initial purpose and cause jobs to leave the US?
This post was edited on 4/22/20 at 1:18 pm
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Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:18 pm to thadcastle
I say yes.......
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:18 pm to thadcastle
It actually made the USA more tight
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:18 pm to thadcastle
Not the, but A
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:19 pm to thadcastle
quote:They were a bunch of loosers.
did they outlast their initial purpose
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:19 pm to thadcastle
quote:
caused the United States to loose so many manufacturing jobs?
No, poor grammar is the cause.
you loose, we loose
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:20 pm to thadcastle
A cog in the wheel. I don't think you can discount how cheap labor is in other countries, letting them work in conditions we likely wouldn't accept even without unions. Or the almost complete lack of regulations in some of those countries.
This post was edited on 4/22/20 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:20 pm to thadcastle
Short answer is YES.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:20 pm to thadcastle
They played a role
Generally speaking, unions rot the regions they dominate
Generally speaking, unions rot the regions they dominate
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:21 pm to thadcastle
In short, yes. It’s a sad, but true, reality. Pro union folks will argue this, but economically, in a capitalist society, there’s really no way to dispute this fact if you’re being intellectually honest.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:21 pm to BluegrassBelle
YES!!!! Why pay someone $200 an hour plus benefits plus WEEKS paid vacation when you can pay someone $10 a hour and get the same quality of work.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:22 pm to thadcastle
quote:
Obviously unions were needed to fight for the average work in the early 1900's
Goes waaaaay back before that.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:23 pm to northshorebamaman
quote:
They were a bunch of loosers.
as opposed to tighters?
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:23 pm to thadcastle
Boomers lost em
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:23 pm to thadcastle
We are fine moving cheap labor and pollution to other countries. That is the answer. It is so unthinkable here. But, fine if we buy our products from other countries who do it while we lose jobs here.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:24 pm to thadcastle
Yep the day that unions went pay for play if the day they should have been kicked out of the country.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:24 pm to thadcastle
Dirt cheap and plentiful labor in china and other countries is what caused the loss in US manufacturing. Otherwise, why didn't the majority of US manufacturing move to the southern US where there are Right to Work laws?
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:25 pm to thadcastle
Unions were crucial to the development of the working class in the early 1900's but they are destroying the country today. There isn't a need for a union, in the traditional sense, anymore. There are laws in place today that address most of the union concerns in this country and they only exists today for political reasons.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 1:25 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:
you loose, we loose
Accidentally hit the "o" button twice. My bad
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