Comments on: Is Terrorism the Biggest Threat to American Business? No, Labor Unions Are. http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/2008/11/20/is-terrorism-the-biggest-threat-to-american-business-no-labor-unions-are/ The latest tools, tips and techniques in marketing. Get in. Get out. Get back to work. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trish http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/2008/11/20/is-terrorism-the-biggest-threat-to-american-business-no-labor-unions-are/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Trish Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:00:28 +0000 http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/?p=444#comment-753 My first reaction upon hearing that the auto makers unions said they'd let the companies they work for go under rather than make even one concession was that those folks deserve to lose their jobs. If they won't help ensure they have a future, why should we? Then I heard about the executives showing up in the corporate jets and realized that as idiotic as the unions are, management is even more clueless. I can kind of see how union members might be fed up with them. So at this point, I'm wondering how to help the auto makers and I'm still not sold on the idea we should. Seeing both sides act this badly doesn't help. My first reaction upon hearing that the auto makers unions said they’d let the companies they work for go under rather than make even one concession was that those folks deserve to lose their jobs. If they won’t help ensure they have a future, why should we?

Then I heard about the executives showing up in the corporate jets and realized that as idiotic as the unions are, management is even more clueless. I can kind of see how union members might be fed up with them.

So at this point, I’m wondering how to help the auto makers and I’m still not sold on the idea we should. Seeing both sides act this badly doesn’t help.

]]> By: JamieTurner http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/2008/11/20/is-terrorism-the-biggest-threat-to-american-business-no-labor-unions-are/comment-page-1/#comment-577 JamieTurner Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:14:14 +0000 http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/?p=444#comment-577 Hi, Richard -- Thanks for your comment. It's well-written and well-thought-out. We're both in agreement that when Unions came to power in the 30s and 40s they were a good thing -- worker's rights were being abused by big corporations. We're also in agreement that the balance of power helps keep one side (Unions) or the other (Greedy Capitalists) in check. But I'm curious why you found our use of the word "terrorism" reprehensible when the first line of the posting says in bold type that we weren't equating unions to terrorists. We're saying that unfettered union power may have a more detrimental effect on American business than any guy living in a cave in Pakistan. Thoughts? Hi, Richard — Thanks for your comment. It’s well-written and well-thought-out.

We’re both in agreement that when Unions came to power in the 30s and 40s they were a good thing — worker’s rights were being abused by big corporations. We’re also in agreement that the balance of power helps keep one side (Unions) or the other (Greedy Capitalists) in check.

But I’m curious why you found our use of the word “terrorism” reprehensible when the first line of the posting says in bold type that we weren’t equating unions to terrorists. We’re saying that unfettered union power may have a more detrimental effect on American business than any guy living in a cave in Pakistan.

Thoughts?

]]> By: Richard http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/2008/11/20/is-terrorism-the-biggest-threat-to-american-business-no-labor-unions-are/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Richard Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:49:43 +0000 http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/?p=444#comment-574 It would be hard to argue against the idea that unions got greedy and exasperated the economics of the American auto industry...but what they established in the 30s and 40s were worker rights and economic subsistence goals for workers abused by the same unfettered capitalism from which we are currently being crushed by today. (i.e. credit default swaps)...In all the planet, balance of power is everything. The ebb in flo for organism or economies is always the give and take of power. BUT I FOUND YOUR USE OF THE WORD TERRORISM REPREHENSIBLE! Using your logic, terrorism and unfettered capitalism could be equated for leading to the economic crash we are all trying to survive today. It would be hard to argue against the idea that unions got greedy and exasperated the economics of the American auto industry…but what they established in the 30s and 40s were worker rights and economic subsistence goals for workers abused by the same unfettered capitalism from which we are currently being crushed by today. (i.e. credit default swaps)…In all the planet, balance of power is everything. The ebb in flo for organism or economies is always the give and take of power. BUT I FOUND YOUR USE OF THE WORD TERRORISM REPREHENSIBLE! Using your logic, terrorism and unfettered capitalism could be equated for leading to the economic crash we are all trying to survive today.

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