{"id":31591,"date":"2012-12-02T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T01:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/the-guy-who-hates-unions-thinks-maybe-we-need-unions.html"},"modified":"2012-12-02T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T01:03:07","slug":"the-guy-who-hates-unions-thinks-maybe-we-need-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/the-guy-who-hates-unions-thinks-maybe-we-need-unions.html","title":{"rendered":"The guy who hates unions thinks maybe we need unions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because for all the faults that unions can have (and they certainly can), their decline correlates to the rise in short-term shareholder interest trumping all other efforts, which is unhealthy for businesses and society.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/112557653998844629535\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"112557653998844629535\">Wendy Cockcroft<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/static3.businessinsider.com\/image\/4e64e5f9ecad04ed6300002e\/ive-always-hated-the-idea-of-labor-unions-but-it-may-be-time-to-reconsider.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/we-may-need-labor-unions-after-all-2012-12'>I&#8217;ve Always Hated The Idea Of Labor Unions, But It May Be Time To Reconsider<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe new obsession with &#8220;earnings maximization&#8221; is wrecking the economy.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/3CwHrnQvCVr' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because for all the faults that unions can have (and they certainly can), their decline correlates to the rise in short-term shareholder interest trumping all other efforts, which is unhealthy for businesses and society. (h\/t +Wendy Cockcroft) Embedded Link I&#8217;ve Always Hated The Idea Of Labor Unions, But It May Be Time To Reconsider The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/the-guy-who-hates-unions-thinks-maybe-we-need-unions.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The guy who hates unions thinks maybe we need unions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137883,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/20\/california-police-unions-fight-to-protect-police-misconduct-from-becoming-public.html","url_meta":{"origin":31591,"position":0},"title":"California police unions fight to protect police misconduct from becoming public","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Feb-19 11:06pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A new California law opens up police misconduct records around excessive violence and sexual misconduct to the public. But, for some mysterious reason, police unions in the state are fighting tooth and nail to keep the law from going fully into effect, or to restrict such record releases to misconduct\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31542,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/29\/civil-unions-that-seems-so-2005.html","url_meta":{"origin":31591,"position":1},"title":"Civil Unions? That seems so 2005","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 29-Nov-12 3:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems almost certain that a civil unions law will pass in the Colorado legislature this session. \u00a0Which is long past time due, and, to my mind, ought to be marriage (except for that pesky state constitutional amendment, dagnabbit).So half a loaf -- three-quarters even. Better than none? 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John Hickenlooper has signed a civil unions bill into law, which will allow same-sex couples to form civil unions beginning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25077,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/the-denver-post-asks-if-its-finally-time-for-civil-unions-in-colorado.html","url_meta":{"origin":31591,"position":3},"title":"The Denver Post asks if it&#39;s finally time for civil unions in Colorado","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Jan-12 3:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, no, it's time for gays to be able to marry, too. But (while admitting my own stake here is not as personal as those who'd be actually partaking) I'm willing to see any sort of progress toward equal provision of civil liberties, even a significant half-way step. #ddtb Embedded\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32791,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/11\/civil-unions-in-colorado.html","url_meta":{"origin":31591,"position":4},"title":"Civil Unions in Colorado","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 11-Mar-13 10:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's about damn time.Oh, and to the GOP rep who lamented, \"\"It infringes the free exercise of religion and moral conscience\" because it doesn't allow individuals and groups to discriminate against gays\u00a0because they think God is telling them to do so ... you are precisely the reason so many people\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27751,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/04\/another-step-closer-on-colorado-civil-unions.html","url_meta":{"origin":31591,"position":5},"title":"Another step closer on Colorado civil unions","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 4-May-12 5:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Knocking on wood ...Reshared post from +The Denver PostColorado civil unions bill clears second committeeRep. 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