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Hortensis

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14. You have to be kidding. The issue is value contributed by labor.

Reply to former9thward (Reply #13)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:28 AM

Aug 2017

Why would a forklift driver at Walmart be paid a fraction of what a forklift driver at a factory COULD be (by far most are badly paid)? Or materials flow specialists for either?

EXCEPT for the fact that labor at one factory is helped by the threat of unionization and most others today are lone sheep hoping the wolves will take out someone else.

Walmart, btw, is one of our planet's 10 wealthiest corporations. All the others are private or state owned oil companies and auto manufacturers.

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Feds: Fiat Chrysler VP bribed UAW execs 'to take company friendly positions' [View all] MichMan Aug 2017 OP

Like everything else, the unions need new blood in the key positions. Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #1

It is the Fiat way sandensea Aug 2017 #2

Somewhere, cloudbase Aug 2017 #3

Michman, you've posted stories about union corruption and other Hortensis Aug 2017 #4

Should stories about union corruption be ignored? former9thward Aug 2017 #5

Should stories about union successes and support be ignored? Hortensis Aug 2017 #6

Who is stopping you from posting those stories? former9thward Aug 2017 #7

"The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor." Hortensis Aug 2017 #9

About your comment concerning manufacturing. former9thward Aug 2017 #8

Clever move, wasn't it? A modest middle class wage for Hortensis Aug 2017 #10

Again, those are service sector and retail jobs. former9thward Aug 2017 #13

You have to be kidding. The issue is value contributed by labor. Hortensis Aug 2017 #14

Living in the Detroit area, this has been a major news story for a few weeks MichMan Aug 2017 #11

Okay. Hortensis Aug 2017 #12

People pay union dues with the expectation that their leaders are on their side MichMan Aug 2017 #15

You've been following this. Please post some perspective Hortensis Aug 2017 #16

May have affected the UAW Nissan election results MichMan Aug 2017 #18

Yes. I'd guess anti-unionists made the most of this story, Hortensis Aug 2017 #19

Wicked on both sides. But extremes of wealth provides nurturing environment for corruption. lostnfound Aug 2017 #17

Well, these corrupt ones are on the rich side of the divide. Hortensis Aug 2017 #20

Decades of not fooled Aug 2017 #21

Union declines caused officials to steal to buy luxury items? nt MichMan Aug 2017 #22

No not fooled Aug 2017 #23

Link to the latest (related) DoJ Detroit PR nitpicker Aug 2017 #24

And link to an earlier DoJ PR nitpicker Aug 2017 #25

And link to the Doj PR on Iacobelli's indictment nitpicker Aug 2017 #26