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Originally Posted by Jerrek
I refuse to deal with unions.  My employees will not be unionized, ever. I'll carefully screen them to make sure I hire capitalists and not pinkos. I find those to work harder.  :pp |
Yep, they work harder for less cash, so you get rich off their hard work. Very equitable. Once again you can't see the possibility of some middle ground in between pure Capitalism and pure Communism. You're going to come very badly unstuck if you resolve only to employ capitalists of the Ayn Rand kind. You will find, like extremists of all colours, that they are in a small minority. Most of us are normal people, and we come in varying shades of grey.
Re your point about refusing Trade Union recognition - as one of 'Thatcher's Children' I would be the first to agree with you that they can be a complete pain. My exposure to trade unions while growing up was, principally, the coal miners' strike of 1984 (led by Arthur Scargill - a
real leftie). You can imagine that many middle-class people of my age (turning 31 this month!) have a very negative view of unions.
But, like it or not, a properly regulated trade union movement is a democratic thing. Many employers in the UK actually prefer to deal with trade unions as it makes the whole employee relations thing a lot easier. A previous employer of mine even offered, as a benefit of employment, to pay my membership fees if I chose to join a 'professional or trade association'.