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i already mentioned the large-scale problem of sector monopoly, and i outlined a bit of what it is, why it came about and what it's meant earlier in this thread. for every anecdote you muster, there are dozens of stories that could be lined up against it that demonstrate what unions do well, the kinds of benefits they've forced into being and so on.
personally, i think that the american fear of an actual political left was the primary motivation behind the sector monopoly model coming to the fore. if you don't relativize that model---if all you know about is the united states----then you imagine this model, with its advantages and *very* significant drawbacks are inevitable. but that's parochial. maybe read about western european unions sometime, ace. an entirely different set of relationships. working people are in the main better off there than in the united states---and, strangely, the kind of self-destruction of the manufacturing sector hasn't gone anywhere near as far as it has in the brave new world of rapidly imploding cowboy capitalism that is the states.
no way around doing a bit of research.
without it, what i said about about positions on unions being a simple restatement of broader political predispositions is all that one can expect.
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