THE DISGRACEFUL TREATMENT OF U.S. WORKERS

Dick, I have trouble accepting the premise that it's all management's fault. I cite the steel industry, airlines, auto and transportation. Although strong union industries, they have all taken severe blows. Look at Ford and GM today. What I'm saying is this: I think that "international disgrace" is overstating a situation in which labor and management have often contributed to bad business. As usual, however, your piece is stimulating indeed. Jim

Hi Jim,
Thanks for your comment, but I guess I didn't make myself clear. The opposition to unionization comes from management (and the government), as I said. So who else's fault could it be that so many U.S. workers are denied the basic right of unionization? It has to be considered an international disgrace that millions of workers are denied what the UN Charter cites as a basic human right -- and when that's pointed out for all the world to see by an international trade union group.

Blaming labor for the problems in the industries you cited makes no sense to me. The problems
were caused, of course, by poor management. Unions don't run those industries, management does.

dm

Dick, I have trouble accepting the premise that it's all management's fault. I cite the steel industry, airlines, auto and transportation. Although strong union industries, they have all taken severe blows. Look at Ford and GM today. What I'm saying is this: I think that "international disgrace" is overstating a situation in which labor and management have often contributed to bad business. As usual, however, your piece is stimulating indeed. Jim