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

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Ehm, you were implying that things like this could never happen today because companies are ethical now and therefore unions are unnecessary,

I would say companies are more ethical today simply because of public perception and outside pressure. You can't exactly work someone in dangerous conditions, without a break, and 6 days a week for minimal pay without getting bad publicity.

this is total nonsense seeing as Nike and other companies are using child labor in Pakistan and paying them close to nothing.

See my above comment. I disagree with third world sweat shops. This discussion isn't about that though.

NEWSFLASH: Companies didn't change a thing since the beginning of the 20th century, they are only doing it in countries with weak to outlawed unions without labour laws.

Stop trying to be a smart***... you are failing miserably. Did I ever say we needed less labor laws? In fact, these laws can act as very good subsitutes for most unions.

The auto industries did not fail because of unionized labor. They fell because they produced terrible cars that nobody wanted. But go ahead and keep blaming unions for bad management decisions.

Keep trying to simply the problem. Reread my post... here I'll post the important part for you.

Greed. It's as simple as that. To use the auto companies in Michigan as an example, the unions kept asking for more, and the car companies, not wanting to upset earnings in the short term, gave it to them.

Does this sound like I'm soley blaming the unions? BAD MANAGEMENT DECISIONS empowered the unions.