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Workers are fine with fewer unions

by Russell Roberts
LA Times, 17th Feb 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-roberts17feb17,0,3318291.story?coll=la-opinion-center

The sad irony of unions is that they can only improve the lot of their members at the expense of other workers.
A better way to increase wages is to make workers more productive. That lifts everyone's standard of living.

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