Missouri Voters Overturn Right-To-Work Measure

[Belsnickel]

(08-09-2018, 01:59 PM)Au165 Wrote: To me the union itself, by its existence, creates a market failure. Collectively bargaining pay and such that is indiscriminate of the workers actual performance (think pay increase based on years) artificially manipulates the supply and demand model. You demand "high performing employees" however you are provided with a supply of workers who's performance does not actually dictate their value. In this case you don't allow the market to set the value of these employees but rather a collective bargaining agreement has forced you into paying this specific labor force a set rate.

I will never support the idea of paying a large group of people a set pay schedule with no relation to their performance. That is one of the reasons I actually have such an issue with unions. Teacher unions are a good eacmple, there are really good teachers and there are really bad teachers if they both work the same amount of years and have the same level of education you are stuck paying them the same. I feel like good teachers do deserve to be paid more, but it's hard to justify when you know the bad ones will get paid the exact same.

What is interesting is that unions, which I don't disagree about them being a market failure, were created and exist to correct market failures. Free market working unfettered, in theory, provides a safe work environment with living wages for employs that are just compensation for their work. The lack of the free market providing this is what led to the rise of unions in the absence of government involvement.

The second part is irrelevant to the larger union discussion. That is a result of union activity, and it is wrong, but it is a separate issue from the discussion.