Bullying?
28 February 2007
Editor, The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Lance Compa argues that the Employee Free Choice Act will "shield" workers from "corporate bullying" (Feb. 27). The implication is that the steady and continuing 50-year decline in labor-union membership in America is caused by unfair corporate tactics that prevent workers who want to join unions from voting to do so.
This argument would have more merit if union membership weren't declining also in many other industrialized countries - such as Germany, Great Britain, and Ireland* - where no one seriously accuses corporations of bullying union organizers and workers.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
* See research published in the Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 28, Winter 2007.
Editor, The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Lance Compa argues that the Employee Free Choice Act will "shield" workers from "corporate bullying" (Feb. 27). The implication is that the steady and continuing 50-year decline in labor-union membership in America is caused by unfair corporate tactics that prevent workers who want to join unions from voting to do so.
This argument would have more merit if union membership weren't declining also in many other industrialized countries - such as Germany, Great Britain, and Ireland* - where no one seriously accuses corporations of bullying union organizers and workers.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
* See research published in the Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 28, Winter 2007.
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Monday October 29, 2007 at 1:36pm