Union membership all time low, American worker productivity all time high

[Rustic]

Unionization like socialism = slow, unmotivated slothful worker/subject, like a drone with no individually.
Right to work is the only way to go...

I can't agree.

If unions would stick to issues related worker's benefits and safe workplaces, rather than involvement in politics and one political party promotion, middle class incomes might increase. It is clear many workplaces are very unjust, and not only related to compensation.

With Unionization everything is forced...

Please explain.

In the past you had to join a union to work, and some states of still that way. When you worked for a company

True. That is certainly a negative.

However, it is clear the middle class is getting squeezed by the Oligarchy. Something must be done to stop the concentration of wealth to the 10%. Many middle class workers are working very hard to keep their jobs, while getting paid less and less each year. Unionization is one way to stop this.

No, unionization had its day and it's purpose that is now past. ReDistribution of any kind has never worked in the history of the planet, it leads to dictatorships.
Socialism is a dead-end road…

 

[Rustic]

Right to work is much better to the individual...

 

[NightFox]

However, it is clear the middle class is getting squeezed by the Oligarchy. Something must be done to stop the concentration of wealth to the 10%. Many middle class workers are working very hard to keep their jobs, while getting paid less and less each year. Unionization is one way to stop this.

Nothing will be done since the principle culprits of wealth concentration are the Central Bank (via the distribution effects of inflation) and government at all levels (via Cronyism and influence peddling), as power becomes more centralized in Washington and the profligacy of easy money becomes more common place the trend is only going to accelerate.
The idiotic thing is that the gub'mint worshipers actually think that government wealth redistribution is the answer when in fact it's government that has been at the center of an enormous wealth redistribution scheme for decades, it redistributes it from the middle and the bottom to the top.

It has always been thus when the state is given the authority to engage in economic interventionism and it will always be thus.

"It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of wealth a matter of legalized privilege, so long will the squabble for that privilege go on." -- Albert Jay Nock

 

[gipper]

Right to work is much better to the individual...

Employees unionizing is not socialism or redistribution of wealth. Employees who choose to unionize do so of their free will. This applies only to the private sector. I do not believe government workers should be allowed to unionize.

 

[gipper]

However, it is clear the middle class is getting squeezed by the Oligarchy. Something must be done to stop the concentration of wealth to the 10%. Many middle class workers are working very hard to keep their jobs, while getting paid less and less each year. Unionization is one way to stop this.

Nothing will be done since the principle culprits of wealth concentration are the Central Bank (via the distribution effects of inflation) and government at all levels (via Cronyism and influence peddling), as power becomes more centralized in Washington and the profligacy of easy money becomes more common place the trend is only going to accelerate.
The idiotic thing is that the gub'mint worshipers actually think that government wealth redistribution is the answer when in fact it's government that has been at the center of an enormous wealth redistribution scheme for decades, it redistributes it from the middle and the bottom to the top.

It has always been thus when the state is given the authority to engage in economic interventionism and it will always be thus.

"It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of wealth a matter of legalized privilege, so long will the squabble for that privilege go on." -- Albert Jay Nock

Absolutely agree. Great post!!!

 

[Trump.Stamped]

Automation and strong work ethic.

1 out of 2. Not sure about the work ethic part.

 

[JoeNormal]

Why would any sane person work harder if their wages would go down?

Because they are afraid that without any union representation they will get fired in a heartbeat.

I would work slower ...

And you'd be fired in a heartbeat.

You don't know me.....

.

I don't even know what that reply is supposed to mean.

It means he's just so damn special that they'd keep him around even if he were slower than molasses.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Coincidence?????

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/620463

Union membership continues to decline in the United States, falling to an all-time low last year, a government report shows.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday shows the union membership rate was 11.1 percent last year, down 0.2 percent from the rate seen in 2012 and 2013.

The union membership rate for the public sector was 35.7 percent, and 6.6 percent in the private sector.
As of last year, there were 14.6 million people working in unions, the report shows.

One of the sharpest year-to-year drops in union membership came in Michigan: from 16.3 percent in 2013 to 14.5 percent in 2014. The decrease came in the first full year under the state's right-to-work law.

U.S. Workers World's Most Productive

Each U.S. worker produces $63,885 of wealth per year, more than their counterparts in all other countries, the International Labor Organization said in its report. Ireland comes in second at $55,986, ahead of Luxembourg, $55,641; Belgium, $55,235; and France, $54,609.

So you regret, in retrospect, that American workers were overpaid (in your view) from the 40's to the 70's?

When did I say that?

It's a question. answer it.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Right to work is much better to the individual...

who's the boss or the investor. Not to the worker.

 

[OZman]

Level of GDP per capita and productivity

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Coincidence?????

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/620463

Union membership continues to decline in the United States, falling to an all-time low last year, a government report shows.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday shows the union membership rate was 11.1 percent last year, down 0.2 percent from the rate seen in 2012 and 2013.

The union membership rate for the public sector was 35.7 percent, and 6.6 percent in the private sector.
As of last year, there were 14.6 million people working in unions, the report shows.

One of the sharpest year-to-year drops in union membership came in Michigan: from 16.3 percent in 2013 to 14.5 percent in 2014. The decrease came in the first full year under the state's right-to-work law.

U.S. Workers World's Most Productive

Each U.S. worker produces $63,885 of wealth per year, more than their counterparts in all other countries, the International Labor Organization said in its report. Ireland comes in second at $55,986, ahead of Luxembourg, $55,641; Belgium, $55,235; and France, $54,609.

Unionization like socialism = slow, unmotivated slothful worker/subject, like a drone with no individually.
Right to work is the only way to go...

I bet you worked in a right to work for less flyover state and love working or less while the owners laughed all the way to the bank while you were getting ripped off

Na, been self-employed most of my adult life.

No doubt that means disability.

 

[rightwinger]

 

[gipper]

In some ways, unions are responsible for this. Their ties to corruption and the D party, has lead many Americans to be disenchanted with unions. I have long thought that if a new union were to mobilize focused solely on worker benefits and safety, it would be very successful.

 

[rightwinger]

In some ways, unions are responsible for this. Their ties to corruption and the D party, has lead many Americans to be disenchanted with unions. I have long thought that if a new union were to mobilize focused solely on worker benefits and safety, it would be very successful.

Republicans have been undermining union membership for decades by allowing workers to enjoy the benefits without having to join the union

Go ahead...blame the Democrats

 

[gipper]

In some ways, unions are responsible for this. Their ties to corruption and the D party, has lead many Americans to be disenchanted with unions. I have long thought that if a new union were to mobilize focused solely on worker benefits and safety, it would be very successful.

Republicans have been undermining union membership for decades by allowing workers to enjoy the benefits without having to join the union

Go ahead...blame the Democrats

I did not blame Ds, but you blamed Rs like the true partisan you are.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Coincidence?????

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/620463

Union membership continues to decline in the United States, falling to an all-time low last year, a government report shows.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday shows the union membership rate was 11.1 percent last year, down 0.2 percent from the rate seen in 2012 and 2013.

The union membership rate for the public sector was 35.7 percent, and 6.6 percent in the private sector.
As of last year, there were 14.6 million people working in unions, the report shows.

One of the sharpest year-to-year drops in union membership came in Michigan: from 16.3 percent in 2013 to 14.5 percent in 2014. The decrease came in the first full year under the state's right-to-work law.

U.S. Workers World's Most Productive

Each U.S. worker produces $63,885 of wealth per year, more than their counterparts in all other countries, the International Labor Organization said in its report. Ireland comes in second at $55,986, ahead of Luxembourg, $55,641; Belgium, $55,235; and France, $54,609.

Union membership went from 35% of our workforce to 9%. In that time wages have gone down. No coincidence

Not me... never been in a union, never will be. Year in and year out I do progressively better.

 

[rightwinger]

In some ways, unions are responsible for this. Their ties to corruption and the D party, has lead many Americans to be disenchanted with unions. I have long thought that if a new union were to mobilize focused solely on worker benefits and safety, it would be very successful.

Republicans have been undermining union membership for decades by allowing workers to enjoy the benefits without having to join the union

Go ahead...blame the Democrats

I did not blame Ds, but you blamed Rs like the true partisan you are.

Yes I do blame Republicans for the demise of unions

Their policies have specifically targeted unions

 

[bullwinkle]

In some ways, unions are responsible for this. Their ties to corruption and the D party, has lead many Americans to be disenchanted with unions. I have long thought that if a new union were to mobilize focused solely on worker benefits and safety, it would be very successful.

Republicans have been undermining union membership for decades by allowing workers to enjoy the benefits without having to join the union

Go ahead...blame the Democrats

I did not blame Ds, but you blamed Rs like the true partisan you are.

But you do blame the Ds in a recent post by saying corrupt unions gravitate toward the Ds. So I ask , why do you think unions gravitiate toward the Ds? Could it be because there is more support for workingfolk there?

 

[gipper]

In some ways, unions are responsible for this. Their ties to corruption and the D party, has lead many Americans to be disenchanted with unions. I have long thought that if a new union were to mobilize focused solely on worker benefits and safety, it would be very successful.

Republicans have been undermining union membership for decades by allowing workers to enjoy the benefits without having to join the union

Go ahead...blame the Democrats

I did not blame Ds, but you blamed Rs like the true partisan you are.

But you do blame the Ds in a recent post by saying corrupt unions gravitate toward the Ds. So I ask , why do you think unions gravitiate toward the Ds? Could it be because there is more support for workingfolk there?

Does anyone with a brain not know many unions are tied closely to the D party? This is a fact...No?

However, I did not blame the D party in any way. I blamed the unions for colluding with that disgusting commie party.

 

[candycorn]

Most of the increase in income for many years now, has flown to the top 10%.

Let's see now...productivity way up, but incomes for 90% of Americans is stagnant. The elites love it.

Maybe unionization isn't so bad.

An (I am certain) uncontrollable carom into the truth!!!!