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|    Chom Noamsky to TKeating    |
|    Re: Canadian Postal workers are "Playing    |
|    28 Jun 11 13:00:46    |
      5a450d6a       XPost: bc.politics, can.politics, ont.politics       From: beaver@stew.tasty              On 6/28/2011 12:32 PM, TKeating wrote:       > The CUPW strike that disrupted vital postal delivery in Canada arises       > out of a misguided understanding of history and a sense of entitlement       > by overpaid, under worked organized labor. History shows that the       > concept of organized labor is going the way of the Dodo bird -       > extinction. Organized labor made sense at the time Henry Ford's       > automobile assembly line but a modern economy is no longer made up of       > a collection of organized workers in competition with an ownership       > class. In any area of a modern economy withdrawal of services,       > (postal, telephone, Internet, teaching, medical, police, management or       > banking) by strike action no longer harms the ownership class, it       > harms unorganized family units in the economy. Families never strike       > against each other.       >       > As modern economies evolve the existence of organized labor loses       > meaning. Membership in unions is decreasing as a percentage of the       > population. Modern and successful economies especially of the fastest       > growing economy of the world, modern Communist China have no unions.       > Under communism labor is organized in small units, work groups. Work       > group are more easily managed and the distinction between management       > is blurred. In Communist China capitalist production is encouraged but       > there is no "ownership class". The State is "owned" by the Communist       > Party of China. The costly overhead of democracy is avoided.       >       > When John A. MacDonald wanted to build a railroad to united Canada       > from East to West he could not rely on lazy white men or Aboriginal       > people to do the hazardous and hard labor. Instead he imported legions       > of men from China to work like slaves. Abraham Lincoln had recently       > freed the black slaves in the USA.       >       > The USA owes China two trillion dollars. The economy of China has the       > strength and endurance to bail out the bankrupt European Union. China       > is a technology leader in many areas.       >       > Canadian postal workers sense of job entitlement harms Canadian       > families who are not organized and who do not strike       >       > Like the father of Confederation Sir John A. MacDonald, our current       > leader Steve Harper should negotiate with China for cheap labor and       > high technology goods to run the postal system.       >       > After our postal system is integrated with that of China, the PM       > should turn his sights upon the telecommunications system and the TWU.       > Alexander Graham Bell invented intercommunications in Canada. Canada       > launched the first telecommunications satellite. However,       > telecommunications of all types cost more in Canada than in any other       > country. The OECD has launched a criminal investigation. Blame lies       > with the TWU (Telecommunications Workers Union of Canada). The height       > of hypocrisy telecommunications workers are not laborers they are       > technocrats, what right have they to unionize and deny service to       > unorganized Canadian families.       >       > The best solution for the PM to handle this crisis is to turn the       > China. Allow low cost nonunion communist workers to rebuild, operate,       > manage and service our telecommunications sector. Under Communist       > Chinese leadership unorganized Canadian families will enjoy free       > service as we are entitled.       >       > China is the greatest economy in the world.              Just point a gun at the backs of posties, like Pol Pot did in Cambodia.        Then they'll work for a bowl of rice a day.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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