Steve Magruder
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:57 am
Louisville, KY - Iroquois/Auburndale area
Steve Magruder
Foodie
439
Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:57 am
Louisville, KY - Iroquois/Auburndale area
TP Lowe wrote:Putting the personal experience aside, I stand by my previous statements that in recent decades the unions have damaged some American businesses. We need only look to the auto industry, where health care costs add thousands of dollars to the cost of each auto, and see the sort of "uncompetetiveness" that a union can create.
Steve Magruder wrote:TP Lowe wrote:Putting the personal experience aside, I stand by my previous statements that in recent decades the unions have damaged some American businesses. We need only look to the auto industry, where health care costs add thousands of dollars to the cost of each auto, and see the sort of "uncompetetiveness" that a union can create.
While what you are saying could be part of the story, let's not leave out the role of the management in the downfall of these companies. Certainly, we see many cases where the management in non-unionized companies have burned themselves to the ground. Let's try to be balanced here -- the management in American auto companies have been less than imaginative or forward-thinking with respect to competing with the world.
Steve Magruder wrote:
While what you are saying could be part of the story, let's not leave out the role of the management in the downfall of these companies. Certainly, we see many cases where the management in non-unionized companies have burned themselves to the ground. Let's try to be balanced here -- the management in American auto companies have been less than imaginative or forward-thinking with respect to competing with the world.
TP Lowe wrote:Without the union expense issue I suspect it would have just been a slower decline.
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