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Old 07-01-2009, 10:34 AM   #3 (permalink)
be76flyer
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Originally Posted by elfouquer View Post
My wife has this crazy idea that unions are bad, and they are bad for business. I have tried every arguement that I can think of that without the union, life would be much worse. She even had the nerve to ask "If your company(9e) goes on strike, can't you keep working?" So I am asking anyone out there that might be able to provide some good arguements that I may not have thought of in order to change her mind. Please don't bash my wife as I love her dearly, she just has some crazy notions that need to be turned around. Thanks in advance.
In theory your wife is correct. If a company has good/great management/owners then there is no need for a union and all a union will do is add cost and slow down the company.

In reality you are right, because airlines have some of the worst management teams in any industry.
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