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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
In some cases what you describe already happens vis a vie the Union models. That form of labor is quite expensive and costs alot to the union member as well. But they are protected from many things that non-union members are not like layoffs, summary dismissals, etc. But there, people pay into a system, they have tiers for tenure.
Now in that system, I don't see them working their asses off, they walk slower, they react slower, they move with little desire. All because they know they are protected and that there is due process to remove them and/or their position.
For me to get a worker reduction in my building I have to petition the Union in order to do so, it can take years to do it and at considerable cost. Unfair I say in the capitalist model that is elsewhere. We have need for a workforce reduction and you just do it.
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Productivity is high in Europe, which is far more socialist than the US. And look at their currency. Jeez. Instead of scaring the people into working (see Office Space: that makes you work just hard enough not to get fired), you give them positive reinforcement. As a psych person, I know that positive reinforcement is usually better than negative reinforcement in the work environment.