The quote is from a right-wing zealot in canpolitik with whom you are most likely familiar, who believes unions have outlived their usefulness. He was an outside observer of unionized and non-unionized forestry outfits in BC. He's often right; certainly unionized Stelco has a horrible morale and management/worker relationship, while non-unionized Dofasco had good employee relations. Generally, Stelco would fight tooth and nail and three-week strike for their contract, and as soon as they had it, Dofasco would match it without anyone asking them to. So the one played off the other, and both were necessary.
I agree that unions are still valuable to ensure that workers' rights are not eroded. To which he replied that if they didn't like the low-paying jobs, they could vote with their feet and quit. I absolutely loathe that argument. It's such a "let them eat cake" rich white guy response.
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Date: 2006-08-28 09:05 pm (UTC)I agree that unions are still valuable to ensure that workers' rights are not eroded. To which he replied that if they didn't like the low-paying jobs, they could vote with their feet and quit. I absolutely loathe that argument. It's such a "let them eat cake" rich white guy response.