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March 18, 2005

europe on five unions a day


 hey if we yanks 
    suck at  building 
              and rebuilding  unions

whats europe's  story 
          with their higher org rates
       is  euro wagery in toto
                   really  doin better  ?


 maybe 
when you compare
    klass wide compensations

over there vs over here 

maybe 
they  show
            total  diffs 
                between  uz
                   that are 
                     (on average)  
                         not worth
                               a frenchman's  fart 

what if
the  only  wider gap

is between 
their orged  v our orged 

and 
as to each systems
  internal   diffs 
     org v unorg 
     on pay  gap 
  and jobless rates

maybe amerika islow and behold
               more equal....
                   
where am i goin here?

shit if i know

i'm gropin and vampin here comrades

till pandora reports back on this 



but  in addition

if
 as i surmise 
          there's 
                       a near same rate  of drop 
                            in the wage share
                                    on both sides of the pond

         
   then maybe
              we're over here
                   climbin the wrong pole 

             maybe
                       as we all get 
                           closer
                      to   that  one last  belch  
                                          before we're  nowhere

                     maybe 
                  "high union density or bust"
                 is just another 
                          false goal
                               another
            klass  holy grail. with a hole in it .. 

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Posted by herb jr. jr. at March 18, 2005 07:40 PM

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