Thread: Any work is good work

Originally Posted by jjsrp

it was written: Far, far too many people still have the idea that unions are in actuality as strong as they think they are. I have watched automation slowly taking over and all the union I was a member of could do was to negotiate various ways of easing the inevitable job losses but automation kept going.

It is worth noting that high wages motivate increased automation. I would assume that automation increases productivity or the owners would not do it.

I remember that someone posted a video on this forum of some workers operating a grinding wheel with straps (no motor - one man making the wheel turn, one man grinding the steel). That does not look productive to me - but then, I do not know what their wages were.

For sure it can increase production "if" all the automation is working properly. The other thing is automation/machines do not require wages, benefits or a pension. Even if automation did not increase production it will increase profit especially if the retail price remains the same and it usually does.

Unemployed workers buy very little and are a drain on whatever government assistance they are entitled to. There is a cost to the economy and the tax payer and none to the company, only increased profits. I think that is well illustrated in the documentary film Roger and Me Roger & Me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

Bob

Originally Posted by Cangooner

As the late, great Utah Philips said, I want to make a living, not a killing.

Pretty much it. BTW I had to Google Utah Philips to find out who he was.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Pretty much it. BTW I had to Google Utah Philips to find out who he was.

Bob

He was an interesting guy, and is one of my heroes.

Originally Posted by BobH

For sure it can increase production "if" all the automation is working properly. The other thing is automation/machines do not require wages, benefits or a pension. Even if automation did not increase production it will increase profit especially if the retail price remains the same and it usually does.

Unemployed workers buy very little and are a drain on whatever government assistance they are entitled to. There is a cost to the economy and the tax payer and none to the company, only increased profits. I think that is well illustrated in the documentary film Roger and Me Roger & Me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

Bob

Don't forget also when these outfits pay little and scrimp on benefits it's the taxpayers who are directly subsidizing these rich corporations. The employees wind up on food stamps and have their medical costs paid by everyone else just for starters.