tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post242587397821805490..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Union Work RulesEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-16398136411208419632008-12-31T10:45:00.000-06:002008-12-31T10:45:00.000-06:00Re-unionization will happen, but I don't think it'...Re-unionization will happen, but I don't think it's about nostalgia. Unionization transforms heterogenous individual voters into a reliably democratic voting bloc (harangued by union leadership), so we'll see the democratic majority launching lots of legislation to keep their party in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-61769269980218981422008-12-05T12:15:00.000-06:002008-12-05T12:15:00.000-06:00Does that labor differential you listed reflect th...Does that labor differential you listed reflect the agreement where, for some rediculous amount of money, the unions became responsible for retiree health care? <BR/>Essentially of the differential are benefits. In both Japanese owned and Big 3 factories in the US, the workers are paid about $29 bucks an hour. Benefit costs are 3 times as much for big 3 verus Toy/Hon/NisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-39010443823296452942008-12-04T22:46:00.000-06:002008-12-04T22:46:00.000-06:00I think the reason that equities and bonds are so ...I think the reason that equities and bonds are so depressed has more to do with the likelihood of punitive policies being enacted going forward than it does with the temporary dry-up of credit and the resulting temporary blip in GDP growth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com