This truly is brainwashing, and could not have happened if strong (and smart, which apparently was the problem in the US) unions had been there.
It's not dumb unions, it's corrupt unions. I'm not neccessarily talking about Teamsters/mob stuff, either. I mean union bosses acting as another layer between capital and labor.
The AFL-CIO is a labor bureaucracy designed to serve the few, the piecards (paid union officals) by making deals between management and the workers. The structure of the mainstream unions in the US guarantees a structural corruption in unions.
Think about it, what a union is supposed to be: a union should be the workers themselves, united, in solidarity to achieve a common goal.
Nowadays, unions serve to enable employees to exploit employers.
Now, Kirk, you need to show me how this is possible. If my co-workers and I work together to create a product, and we ask for more than the product generates in income after expenses, then the company will go under.
Fact is, workers always take home only a small portion of the value they create. The capitalist keeps the rest for himself. Why?
Because he owns the company. But where did the get the capital from?
Look at the social nature of capital, that is, that it's a socially (or human-created) structure, and realize that even high-wage workers are being stiffed. Workers can have the whole pie, dammit...
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It's not dumb unions, it's corrupt unions. I'm not neccessarily talking about Teamsters/mob stuff, either. I mean union bosses acting as another layer between capital and labor.
The AFL-CIO is a labor bureaucracy designed to serve the few, the piecards (paid union officals) by making deals between management and the workers. The structure of the mainstream unions in the US guarantees a structural corruption in unions.
Think about it, what a union is supposed to be: a union should be the workers themselves, united, in solidarity to achieve a common goal.
The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. - IWW Constitution
- Paul in Seattle
(especially if they help other workers in their industry organize)
Now, Kirk, you need to show me how this is possible. If my co-workers and I work together to create a product, and we ask for more than the product generates in income after expenses, then the company will go under.
Fact is, workers always take home only a small portion of the value they create. The capitalist keeps the rest for himself. Why?
Because he owns the company. But where did the get the capital from?
Look at the social nature of capital, that is, that it's a socially (or human-created) structure, and realize that even high-wage workers are being stiffed. Workers can have the whole pie, dammit...
Direct action gets the goods! http://iww.org/
- Paul in Seattle