Comment Re:It won't last (Score 2) 377
Actually the ACF/CIO ejected the Teamsters because of excessive corruption.
If you dont think there is rampant corruption in labor unions as a whole then you are not paying attention. In a true free market system labor unions would be unnecessary because true competition for talent would exist. Unions as a whole stand for people who are unable to adapt to changing economic and social realities. If your job becomes obsolete or is outsourced, it's up to you to find a new one. If your particular skill set is no longer needed or in demand its time to develop a new set of skills. People are free to make the choices of education and training (at least in the USA). You are also free to accept the results of these choices (unemployment, lower wages than you would like, being tied to a job you dislike). Labor unions just distort those choices by keeping people employed at jobs that are no longer needed and by forcing above market wages and benefits that make their employers less competitive. The answer by unions is that "if everyone was in the union then everyone would be competitive". The problem with this is we now live in a global economy and at no time will everyone (or even a majority of people) be in a labor union.