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Union "Victory": Chrysler Reinstates 13 Workers Fired for Drinking on the Job

lee362 Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 8:06 AM
I am no fan of unions having lived with their their thuggery and intimidation throughout my career but the proper response to this problem would be to abolish pro-union regulation to strengthen management's hand in negotiations and to prohibit public sector worker unions in order to eliminate their monopoly power over public services. Lee Nason New Bedford, Massachusetts
Dot462 Wrote: Dec 13, 2012 5:05 PM
The NLRA as amended would have to be repealed, which would be a good thing, but not likely to happen. When the NLRA was initially passed, it caused so much trouble with strikes that it was necessary to pass further legislation to restrict union behavior (Taft-Hartley). Over the years, this legislation and its continual tweaking have led to a mess of regulation that discourages anything but an adversarial relationship between unions and employers. The arbitrary and capricious rulings of the NLRB have been partisan, generally anti-employer, and now even more so because of Obama's appointments to it.

The following story proves what common sense has long ago suggested, that unions have outlived any possible usefulness and they are also hugely counterproductive to the goal of getting any work done.

Please consider the Detroit News article Chrysler reinstates 13 workers fired for drinking on job.

Chrysler Group LLC says it was forced to reinstate 13 workers who were fired from its Jefferson North Assembly Plant two years ago after being filmed by a local television station...

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