[Dean's World] Dean: Do Unions Increase Productivity?

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Posted by Dean:
Do Unions Increase Productivity?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1172186824.shtml


   An interesting economic analysis I picked up at Instapundit says
   [1]well, maybe so.

   I like the reasoning.

   I think that unions were vital and absolutely necessary a hundred
   years ago, less so 50 years ago, grew almost irrelevant 20 years
   ago... and I think they have started becoming more important again,
   and will only get more important again as time goes on.

   Not due to idiotic pseudo-Marxist rubbish but just because they really
   are a useful counterbalance against big corporate power over employees
   and local communities.

   The problem is that unions really need to update their thinking for
   the 21st century.

References

   1. http://www.economist.com/debate/freeexchange/2007/02/do_unions_increase_productivit.cfm