Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Role of Unions in Economic Decline

What is the role of unions in today's economic decline? Will they sink the ship or save the crew? Explain and cite your evidence.

7 comments:

  1. The role of unions has varried throughout our time as a country because it really depended on the economy itself its' basic meaning is to promote economic prosperity throughout economic declines like todays' and that of the depression which as we obviously see helped jumpstart us on the way to economic recovery.
    the Washington Times has provided this evidence

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  2. Unions will sink the freaking ship. They cut into company's profits by getting more money for the employees, which is often lost in the process of getting it. Sometimes unions work so well that they can make companies bankrupt. Take GM for an example, they needed a bailout. Of course their debt isn't all due to their union, but their union did put the nail in the coffin.

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  3. The ship shall sink for if the employer has not the liberty to run his/her business the way they see fit than what is the point of running a business in today's society that is why our economy is failing my opinion has been stated

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  4. "We are convinced," Marshall and Rungeling say, "that unions and other labor organizations are necessary to the effective workings of a democratic society. Labor organizations provide workers with the means to promote their interest in a democratic society. We do not believe impersonal labor markets, employers, governments, or any other organizations can or will effectively protect the interests of workers at the work place or in the larger society."

    Unions will remainqthe American economy, Marshall and Rungeling declare. "Indeed, we expect the political influence of unions to increase as the nationhs economic problems intensify and workers see the need to ensure that their interests are represented in national policymaking."



    so the unions will save the crew.. iguess?

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  5. Based on historical research, it is easy to say that current economic conditions influence union membership a number of different ways.Since the economy has been falling it has increasingly effected union membership.

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  6. the ship is still a floatin' down da riva in muh mind.

    Economic security for the united states is increased in a few wayz:

    *workers make more money=increase in consumer demand
    *increase in consumer demand=increase economic recovery.
    *Better working conditons=Better wages and benefits, the ability to speak out at work= more content workers=more productive workers
    *Improved wages and benefits=more stable households where children receive the benefit of a good education,
    and will enter the labor market as better workers.

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  7. well the ec0n0my is 0dviously falling so im g0ing to have to say the union is going to fall right along with it. and the union is definatley going to be affected.

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