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Re: Amazon's anti-union site for its Alabama warehouse

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Yuck. After that particular piece of slimy corporate propaganda I suddenly feel the urge to join a union. And I don't even work for Amazon.

I guess when you can't make a proper case, just use 50pt fonts and stock-art-esque images of people giving thumbs up. That'll convince 'em!

Re: Amazon's anti-union site for its Alabama warehouse

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The best argument against unions is thay they violate contract liberty, and thereby inhibit market freedom and increase economic rent seeking.

With a couple notable exceptions, like Hollywood, any industry in the US that came to be dominated by unions became uncompetitive: the auto industry, US Steel, and the passenger rail service, which went bankrupt as a result of the demands of the "Brotherhoods".

Numerous states have been straddled with trillions in pension obligations and increasingly inefficient public sectors, due to unions.

Unfortunately, those working for the media are all unionized now so even the prism through which we interpret the world is now propagandized by the left.

Re: Amazon's anti-union site for its Alabama warehouse

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The best argument against unions is thay they violate contract liberty, and thereby inhibit market freedom and increase economic rent seeking. With a couple notable exceptions, like Hollywood, any industry in the US that came to be dominated by unions became uncompetitive: the auto industry, US Steel, and the passenger rail service, which went bankrupt as a result of the demands of the "Brotherhoods". Numerous states…

> states have been straddled with trillions in pension obligations and increasingly inefficient public sectors

Yeah, like the police unions... we should get rid of those first.

Re: Amazon's anti-union site for its Alabama warehouse

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The best argument against unions is thay they violate contract liberty, and thereby inhibit market freedom and increase economic rent seeking. With a couple notable exceptions, like Hollywood, any industry in the US that came to be dominated by unions became uncompetitive: the auto industry, US Steel, and the passenger rail service, which went bankrupt as a result of the demands of the "Brotherhoods". Numerous states…

> states have been straddled with trillions in pension obligations and increasingly inefficient public sectors Yeah, like the police unions... we should get rid of those first.

Yes, police unions are associated with increase in police misconduct.

Re: Amazon's anti-union site for its Alabama warehouse

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The best argument against unions is thay they violate contract liberty, and thereby inhibit market freedom and increase economic rent seeking. With a couple notable exceptions, like Hollywood, any industry in the US that came to be dominated by unions became uncompetitive: the auto industry, US Steel, and the passenger rail service, which went bankrupt as a result of the demands of the "Brotherhoods". Numerous states…

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Re: Amazon's anti-union site for its Alabama warehouse

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The best argument against unions is thay they violate contract liberty, and thereby inhibit market freedom and increase economic rent seeking. With a couple notable exceptions, like Hollywood, any industry in the US that came to be dominated by unions became uncompetitive: the auto industry, US Steel, and the passenger rail service, which went bankrupt as a result of the demands of the "Brotherhoods". Numerous states…

You're asserting causality based on very few data points.

The US auto industry is still very union-based, and beyond the occasional bailout, seems to be doing well.

Moreover, plenty of industries that didn't become dominated by unions also became uncompetitive.

You say that "those working for the media are all unionized" but I have no idea what you're talking about. Citation?

Unionization does not cure bad management, it merely makes sure that the employees are treated fairly, regardless of the quality of management.

Remember: the reason people have jobs is to feed their families, not to support the company.

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