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pinky0926 posted...

Unions are necessary but I've seen first hand when they go too far. And the consequences aren't merely simple things like "boo hoo, so they have to take proper safety precautions, so what?"

Example: Australian mining industry. An industry so bogged down by union protection that they can't even sell the iron they're digging out of the ground anymore on the global market because even an unskilled labourer is earning a 6 figure salary + medical + travel + food + accommodation + awards

I'd have to ask how the company is staying in business with such issues. The obvious answer would be that they are still making money or perhaps they are failing.

I also take a bit of an issue with the term unskilled worker in tough manual labor jobs. It always seems like an insulting statement towards jobs that require you be in good physical shape. I mean we aren't talking about constructing a cheeseburger here.

I guess its like comparing a guy flipping burgers at McDonald's to an actual chef. There is low level physical labor like working at UPS then there is working on a road construction crew or working in a mine. Like the term unskilled has way too broad of a definition.

I just feel its a bit wrong to use the term unskilled worker to refer to jobs with fairly extreme physical demands and tough work conditions like working in a mine.
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