tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808662138079798978.post2212812117196270348..comments2023-03-25T04:52:05.426-06:00Comments on Oxygentax: Robert Fulford: How unions stifle privatizationoxygentaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062383921172093288noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808662138079798978.post-42994398153106886462010-03-23T05:56:17.191-06:002010-03-23T05:56:17.191-06:00It used to be that unions performed a vital functi...It used to be that unions performed a vital function, helping the workers to improve safety conditions in their workplaces. In many countries of the world, they still perform that vital function. In North America, however, the polarized "us against them, we're oppressed" mentality common in unions distort reality and caused them to lose sight of the original purpose - not to exhort employers into giving workers their way on everything, but to genuinely improve working conditions for each person.oxygentaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062383921172093288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808662138079798978.post-89597639254800088702010-03-21T11:13:20.916-06:002010-03-21T11:13:20.916-06:00Couldn't fit a comment in this form, so I made...Couldn't fit a comment in this form, so <a href="http://themusicgod1.baywords.com/2010/03/21/contra-oxygentax-on-canada-post-national-post/" rel="nofollow">I made my own post</a> as a reply.<br /><br />tl; dr Privatization considered harmful. Unions, government are part of the answer, not the main problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com