Unions: Where did the U.S.A. go wrong?

[Ironside]

I never said anything that contradicts this. Perhaps you should understand what I'm saying. Yes, companies were cruel, in terms of conditions, wages, and responses to strikes. THAT STILL DOESN'T MAKE IT GOOD BUSINESS.

Look at how Ford began paying $5 a day to employees, an unheard-of high wage at the time, and became more profitable.

And if you want to talk about what companies did 100 years ago, you should remember that unions aren't needed now for the reasons they were then.

CR

Could you please define "good business"? Is that goal the same as what is driven through the stockmarket? Or a CEO employed for a few years while making a bonus on profitability? How are companies run today compared to what you consider good business?

As for Fordism itself, the top value for the median US household income was reached 1999. You sure it's still working properly?

It always perturbs me when the ones saying Fordism is the solution are celebrating reduced salary/working conditions. Yes I can understand the difference between one company and the whole market, but at some points, these two matters meet and yet it's ignored. See the salary slashing due to the recession.

Might not be entirely on topic, but these are issues needed to be handled with.