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Originally Posted by FireFly
That's not what I'm saying either. I know what you're saying, you're talking about economic repercussions of having too many unionized companies driving up wages etc. What I am saying is that unions are needed in certain areas. Unions as a whole don't work in BC because they're used to extreme, which is why you get the issues you're talking about. Unions used properly (to ensure fair compensation and decent working conditions ONLY, not to make sure people can sit on CP all day and get paid $20/hour.) do NOT cause these issues. Has having unions hurt the economy in Alberta? No. What makes BC different?
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if you read my first post all i really said was that blind support for unions regardless of the issue is a bad idea, i think we fundamentally agree here.
the main difference with bc is that more people support the unions come hell or high water, which produces strange offshoot effects like the liberals being voted in largely on a union-busting platform (!)...
the economy here is far more entrepeneurial, you can run a four-man oil-based service business but the investment required even to get a small logging operation going when compared to the profit is far more marginal.
lots of bc's economy depends on things like the shipping in vancouver, tourism, so environmental issues and union money are obviously going to make more of an impact.
plus there's lots of people that are lazy pot smokers and want to make $27 an hour for a brain-dead job they can doze through.
i know production workers that flirt with six figures from overtime.
EDIT: i don't blame the unions, i blame the people that give them a blank cheque.