Tom Perkins
2009-09-02 04:14:23
“In summary, unions are not evil, but they have become obsolete in an environment where managing productivity has become a cooperative effort shared by management and the workforce.”
Unions will never be necessarily evil, but they are never a public good unless management is unreasonable to the extent of offering contracts which amount to slavery.
Mandatory non-legal tender pay and yellow dog clauses, for example, are an example of a contract provision which should be unenforceable, and if the laws do not prohibit it, then voluntary unions are a reasonable response.
Thing is, there are no unions today which exist as a result of unreasonable management, they are all conspiracies against the public interest.
