robinson@ubc-ean.CDN (Jim Robinson) (10/11/84)
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So, Burns (sp?) Meat in Kitchener, Ontario is closing for good because
its workers refused to take a pay cut. I cannot help but think that
there must be something wrong with a system (or set of laws, or group of
people, or whatever) that would sooner see a company shut down than pay
its workers wages that would allow it to possibly be competitive and
hence stay open.
I also sympathize with that portion of Canada's 1.4 million jobless
who would willingly work at the reduced wage, but will never get the
opportunity to do so.
J.B. Robinson brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (10/11/84)
Damn right. It's about time that people realized that unions are not the selfless servants of the workers they claim to be. They're just as greedy and selfish as the companies they work for. Some people seem to think that Burns is closing the plant for spite. You have to be as big as a government to close a plant for spite. The workers at Burns who trusted their leaders must realize that they are in business too, and if they price themselves out of the competitive range, they will go out of business. Every company owner knows and lives with this. It's time the forced monopoly of the unions was disolved. To me the fact that most unions have it set up that you must join the union to work for the company is repugnant. Why do they deserve an enforced monopoly any more than other people? (Why does anybody deserve a forced monopoly) -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473