[–] Aldo 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago (edited ago)
Not unions, corporations. Why pay a union man a fair wage when you can outsource it to China for 1/10th of the cost?
I don't understand the idea that we can have all these well paying jobs, but unions are bad. Unions fight for the worker to ensure they get paid their worth instead of getting bottom of the barrel folks with high turnover. Sure, they protect their own, but isn't that good for the hard worker?
Some people believe that shareholders are the only ones investing something and entitled to return. It's a pretty fucked idea when your employees invest their lives in producing that return. Besides it's easier to play with money and multi-dimensional derivatives than actually making something.
[–] PrincessVB ago
Globalization. Unions are powerless to stop a job from fleeing abroad if they're only nationally strong at best.