Comments on: Passing labor-law bill will “Defeat the Right Forever” https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-66798 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:19:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13111#comment-66798 The use of jet engines dramatically increased the efficiency of airlines and the unions forced the economic benefit to be passed to their workers. Similarly the benefits of economies of scale were passed to workers through unions in the automobile and steel industries.

It is beyond my imagination where the increase in wages for union workers will come from. The benefits of the efficiencies of box stores have already been passed on to consumers.

]]> By: Todd Rogers https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-65803 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:39:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13111#comment-65803 short term loss for long term gain. Talk about unintended consequences. Market forces won’t tolerate the typical production inefficiencies which have long plagued highly organized industries. I think big labor is building their own gallows.

]]> By: Doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-65672 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:49:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13111#comment-65672 Oh, yes how very true. I should have thought this thru a little bit better than that.

]]> By: TracyHAE https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-65667 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:04:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13111#comment-65667 Don’t forget all your call center/customer service folks. Think its a pain to try to talk to verizon, comcast, ect. now, wait until they are all unionized.

]]> By: Kurt https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-65659 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:09:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13111#comment-65659 Doug,
I think you are missing a big part of this bill. It won’t just be government workers and factory jobs that will be union anymore. This will affect the hospitality and retail industry even more. I wonder how much WalMart’s prices will go up with union workers. What about the cost of a hamburger at McDondalds? It will be a very different economy.

]]> By: Doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-65342 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:41:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13111#comment-65342 Actually, it may accelerate the moving of production and union jobs out of the country. Thus, it may in fact, harm the left because they will not have the unions behind them. There wont be as many of them.

]]> By: Jim Collins https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/08/passing-labor-law-bill-will-defeat-the-right-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-65300 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:40:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13111#comment-65300 How many union bosses will it put out of work? When are people going to wake-up and smell what is being shoveled? This has been going on for years.

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