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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
So...You think unions drove up market demand and minimum wage expectations, and not the booming oil industry and private sector?
Sure thing.  |
You're right. The Oil Industry inflated everyone's cost. So did the Unionized Auto Sector in Ontario. Rank and file workers pulling in a compensation package worth up to $70 per hour? What do you think that does to everyone else?
Difference is, the Oil Industry has the ability to correct its costs by laying off employees, removing bonuses, forcing less work hours, and wage cuts. The Unionized Auto Sector lacks teeth in these options. All they can do is request the union accepts a cut or close down. But even when the fundamentals show death is circling the Big 3, and losses are creeping to the lower-paid non-union automakers, they still feel entitled to their massively inflated wage packages.
Unions are meant to protect workers from unacceptable treatment. Not to kill golden geese and strangle public sector costs as they are frequently known to do. (Not all unions, but most)