Uploaded by WonderBoysFan on Feb 23, 2007
Clips of workers I put together to Billy Bragg's workers' anthem "There Is Power In A Union"
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my solution:
get rid of the union representatives, & have the Unions fulfill their real purpose
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And even though that's how it should work in theory doesn't mean unions should be eliminated because they don't work that way in practice. They need to be reconstructed from the bottom up and remember what their true purpose is.
3 years ago 3
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Well, yeah, in theory almost everything could work. The problem is in execution. If a union is protecting bad workers simply because they are union workers then the union is doing a disservice to the good workers in the union, the union as a whole and the whole of society as well.
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Yeah, that's nice in theory, but in practice, it just makes it impossible to fire or hire anyone.
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Unions are supposed to give workers collective power and help keep unemployment down by creating skilled laborers who can find work. If some unions fail in some way, then it is the fault of those unions, NOT the idea of a union. It is a matter of poor execution or poor planning.
3 years ago 3
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Good. Thanks to the "failure" of unions, we don't have a French (20%) level of unemployment.
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You want to take one type of oppressive government and replace it with another. You're the real authoritarian.
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No, you schmuck. The workers SHOULD control the government. Fuck you and your bossman. Yes Massa!!
3 years ago 2
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we should be scared that unions arent even what they were.
they've fucked us that bad.
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Unions are good, and management is necessary, but neither side should dominate. It's supposed to be a give-and-take.
Therefore, say no to corporatism, but also say no to unions controlling the government.
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World capitalism is obsolete and long past its sell by date.Comrades lets dump this dog eat dog rat race into the trash bin of history.
worldoffreeaccess 3 years ago 12
The problem is NOT unions. Unions are good. Unions all over the world have benefited workers, even non-union workers. The problem IS the modern US worker, especially the modern white US worker. Unions in the US, in general, have lost sight of their true purpose and have settled for compromise instead. The modern US worker does not have the same determination or willingness to fight like the workers of the past. Complacency has won.
nothingnothing0 3 years ago 7