Unions have a place in our country’s history. With out them their might be child labor, unsafe working conditions, and no guarantees of employment for those of who become competent in their jobs. Employees have relied upon business to provide the bulk of employment over the years. However, this has not been with out problems. When business becomes so successful that it monopolizes a product or service, this squeezes out any competition. An undesired by product can be the miss-treatment of its employees. The trade unions are a part of our country’s economic development to protect workers along side of anti-trust legislation which protects the consumer.
This all makes sense in a competitive market place where monopolization is possible. Anti-trust legislation is meant to stop business from becoming a monopoly. No one wants a monopoly which can become an inefficient blob of over priced capitalism. Unions serve as a safeguard against employers using employees in unfair and inefficient ways. Anti-trust and unions help moderate lazy practices of business that would mistreat employees or raise prices without a moderating counter force.
In a public setting there is a difference. Public employees are not competing. They are already a monopoly, and the addition of a union can make things less efficient. I will post several BLOG posts with confounding answers to questions that we should consider asking.
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