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Originally Posted by transplant99
great...no issue with that as long as its a PRIVATE interest that is deciding to pay them that as thats what they deem them to be worth. If those wages are collectively bargained with said company there is no issue.
Now lets compare apples to apples.
Public sector union workers are not worried one iota about the company going under or whether they lose money to any degree. So now we have unionized workers bargaining with a government agency who makes no profit per se but also has what amounts to an endless supply of cash. Taxpayers. So now it comes down to if that unions workers provide a service that is needed by the majority of the taxpaying base...and the answer to that question is a resounding no for the most part.
Which goes back to what i said in my original post that this is the time for the government to crush them as they exist now or at the very least have them sold off as a crown corporation and allow the market to determine their worth. If they want to stay unionized then they can do so and can negotiate with the private entity who will determine their worth.
I dont need to be subsidizing a government agency that has long lost its value and reason for existence.
edit..or i could have read further and just let regoriums post say it all.
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I have no issue with what I believe is your stance on the government privatizing nonessential service companies, however I disagree strongly with your stance on making working class people suffer the brunt of the governments choice to not do that.
Is it the workers fault that the government is keeping this a public entity? Why should they suffer because they just so happen to be in an industry that, while no longer essential, is still government owned. Ask yourself this, if this company is in such bad shape that they need to use taxpayer dollars just to keep it afloat, why hasn't the government gotten rid of it, or at least part of it to keep the costs low for taxpayers? Maybe it makes more money than they let us think and keep it just as a means to hike taxes?
If you have an issue with where your tax dollars are spent, punish the government that chooses to spend them that way, but attacking the worker who is just trying to have a decent life like the rest of us? That doesn't make sense to me