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Do you think strong unions play into this protectionism in the United States vs China?
by influx 8mo ago
Do you think strong unions play into this protectionism in the United States vs China?
- garbawarb 8mo agoIt's a factor but it's also true of non-union jobs. Politicians are against any short-term pain because they're afraid they won't be elected. But it's just a part of the culture, US voters don't like it either (even if they're not the ones facing potential job loss)
- m463 8mo agoReading the history of shipping, unions played a huge role in the slower transition from labor-intensive general shipping to containerized shipping. multiple steps to get goods near a ship in a warehouse, prepared for the ship, manually loaded and packed, and more nonsense became just: drive the containers to the dock and load them when the ship showed up.
- Kim_Bruning 8mo agoI probably read this the wrong way around. I thought the question was about how the huge Chinese unions are involved in the nation's technological ascendancy. Which I really would like to learn more about!