Re: [Pen-l] Intimidation Nation: How US Employers Fight Unions

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carl Dassbach wrote:
>  ... It is simply that most Americans believe that
> they can do better by individually negotiating with their employer instead
> of collectively negotiating. I have seen this psychology at work at my
> university which just barely voted in a faculty union three years ago and
> just barely voted it out a year ago.  First thing the administration did
> after the defeat of the union was cut benefits but not one idiot faculty
> member, as far as I can tell, saw the connection.

Though there's truth to this, it's a mistake to generalize from
faculty to the rest of the working class (broadly defined). The job of
being a professor (at any level) is very individualized and encourages
individualistic views.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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