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   From: artclemons@aolSPAM.com   
      
   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   > While unions played an important part in improving working conditions,   
   > it was only a secondary role.  The union basically forces the   
   > corporation to share more of its profits than it otherwise would.  If   
   > there are no profits to share, there is nothing a union can do.  The   
   > important thing to remember is that the profits have to be there first.   
      
      
   I happened to notice this oped piece by Robert Kuttner in the Boston Globe.   
   It deals with many of the issues and notes that although productivity of   
   the entire economy is up 70% since 1973, while median wages are only up   
   10%.  It's a telling statistic, it's not lazy workers, it's poorly   
   distributed rewards for productivity and a lack of investment.   
      
   http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles   
   2006/03/25/making_us_manufacturing_work/   
      
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