[jgmmo]

Organized labor getting everything they wanted is what led to basically all US auto companies going bankrupt.

[Frondo]

You ought to read this:

http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/03/05/myths-and-facts-...

[tsotha]

Mediamatters? Seriously? Well, okay. Let me find an equally credible source:

http://www.aei.org/publication/maybe-patriarchal-labor-union...

[Frondo]

If you can find factual errors in the source I linked, or errors in interpretation of those facts, I would be keen to hear them.

[tsotha]

Oh, I'll accept your link uncritically if you do the same for mine.

[Frondo]

Of course I didn't tell you to accept it uncritically.

[cpncrunch]

They quote EPI and Brookings. EPI is 29% funded by unions, so not exactly neutral. The Brookings report concludes that price was one of the factors causing an erosion of market share, and presumably employee wages are a factor in that.

[michaelchisari]

American unions were always pussycats compared to German and Japanese unions, which didn't suffer near the same fate.

[mikeash]

There are lots of situations where letting either side have free reign is bad, and the best is for both sides to be in healthy competition.

[Iftheshoefits]

Thanks for illustrating my point.