Please remove me from this list serve. thanks --- Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Unions are like doctors, attorneys, supermarket > clerks, curators, executive directors, development > officers: There are good, bad, and in-between in > all > classifications. > > To say all unions are bad is akin to saying all > attorneys are ambulance chasers. Simply not a > truth. > There is no absolute. > > SOME unions are highly effective. SOME members > within > certain unions are highly effective. > > Some unions and/or their members have "sold" out to > the corporation that pays their paycheck. They have > lost sight of the purpose for which they were > originally formed. > > Some union negotiators lose their jobs lobbying on > behalf of the employees they are there to serve. > > Some employees fail to perform effectively and leave > their negotiators with nothing but a bag to hold > that > they cannot represent. > > There are no absolutes. > > Would it be effective to have an all-museum > encompassing type of union? Probably not. > > If there are classifications where the volume of > those > qualified to do the job is small and the demand > great, > a union may be highly effective. > > However, in a glutted job market, where the number > of > those wanting to work in a museum and are qualified > is > greater than the number of positions available by a > substantive number, there may be no effectiveness to > having a union. > > As the other gentleman already stated, companies > have > the right and/or ability to move to areas where the > cost to produce would be less than in the current > locale (subject only to any governmental > restrictions > to the contrary). > > Museums, on the other hand, may have less > flexibility, > depending upon the type of museum. One cannot move > George Washington's home, or Lincoln's Tomb, or > Sutter's Fort. The birthplace of Nixon cannot be > relocated. > > > > > > > --- James Schulte <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Do we really need unions. They were good at one > time > > , however now they have > > really lost their actually focus > > > ===== > Indigo Nights > [log in to unmask] > > Looking for a Job? Try Got Links?, Your One-Stop > Portal > http://victorian.fortunecity.com/stanmer/414 > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > http://news.yahoo.com > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may > obtain detailed information about the listserv > commands by sending a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the > message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one > line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] > . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).