Resolution in NFL refs' labor case proves expertise is hard to replace (labor built this country)

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http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_21657161/resolution-nfl-refs-labor-case-proves-expertise-is

By Paul J. Weber
The Associated Press

AUSTIN, texas —If good help is hard to find, just how expendable is expertise?

In a year of strife between worker and manager, NFL referees found themselves with a bargaining chip that Chicago teachers, striking bulldozer builders and locked-out sugar makers lacked: a staggering blunder by overmatched replacements, resulting in a worst-case, told-ya-so fiasco laid bare for millions to watch in disbelief on national television.


A pro-labor sign stands outside the entrance of the American Crystal Sugar Co. plant in Moorhead, Minn., in April. About 1,300 employees in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa were locked out after workers rejected a company contract offer. (Dave Kolpack, The Associated Press)


On Wednesday, the NFL and the referees union ended their three-month stalemate, two days after the Green Bay Packers lost a game they would have won if not for a less adept crew of replacement officials.

The whole mess — and pretty much everyone involved agrees it was precisely

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