RE: Professional Groups

["Richard Gadsden" <Richard.Gadsden () cobbetts co uk>]

Kenton Smith <mailto:ksmith () chartwelltechnology com> wrote on Monday, 12 January 2004 11:57 p.m.:

> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 16:35, Daniel Sichel wrote:
> > They exist to keep wages high, standards uniform, and
> > entry to the job restricted. What else does a union do?     
>
> Artificially high wages and restricted entry to jobs are a sure way to
> get jobs sent overseas.

Unless you have a world-wide union - which means that you're going on strike so that people the other side of the world 
get more pay (and you don't).

Or, of course, you're doing a job that can't get send overseas, which is why the AMA is the most successful union there 
is

-- Richard
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