Comment 29344

By grassroots are the way forward (registered) | Posted March 05, 2009 at 09:33:14

Toryblue: Yes we are in an economic meltdown but my question to you is what has caused it?

De-regulation, yes has caused much the issues we are seeing today but who advocated for those changes, was it not the big business lobbies, the multinational corporations? But isn't there more to the story then meets the eye?

Workers did fight for fairness in the workplace and we all enjoy the benefits of some of these battles of the workers before us. Is there room for reform within the union movement, of course there is. The unions themselves are at times big business units themselves that do not always take into consideration the workers, themselves on some issues. But having a collective of workers is better than having none at all when we look at what has happened in the job market with the expansion of temp work or precarious work which works hand in hand with the social assistance system that continues the cycle of poverty. Is it not the business community itself that has advocated for this as well?

To be honest, there should be more open dialogue to get those in the business community and workers engaged. As I asked you is the right or the left way that is the right way? Or should it be a combination of both sides to come to a balance?

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