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Starbucks Obstructing First Union Vote
On 13 Jun 2004 10:09:02 -0400, (G*rd*n) wrote:
(G*rd*n):
>> >As things stand, unions are simply one possible expression
>> >of the rights of association, contract and representation
>> >supposedly possessed by everyone, including employees. Like
>> >other organizations, they may be occasionally captured or
>> >subverted by organized crime thugs. They are hardly unique
>> >in this regard.
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>> Wrong. The companies' right to NOT associate with them is not
>> respected. When (former) workers fail to show up for work and walk
>> around blocking the gate instead, the employers are not allowed to
>> shop for labor elsewhere and replace them with decent people who are
>> willing to show up and do the work.
>>
>> You want freedom of association? Great! So do I. Get government out
>> of it and respect the rights of the business owner to associate with
>> whom he pleases too.
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>So if you agree that unions are, in principle, legitimate
>organizations, why don't you go off and whine about
>something else?
I'll make you a deal. You get government out of it, and I'll stop
pointing out the facts. Until them, since you apparently don't thing
businesses are legitimate organizations, why don't you keep whining
about that?
William R. James
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