Re: Wind energy a boon for farmers - tenfold returns !

From: Alex Terrell (alexterrell_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: 23 Nov 2004 12:51:26 -0800

greenfield_7@hotmail.com (Jim Greenfield) wrote in message news:<3c4afb26.0411212321.43fd0c62@posting.google.com>...

>
> The problem was that the "workers" as employed by the govt owned
> entities did (according to neutral observers :-) ) F*A* work. The
> unions could threaten supply at any time, in order to get a wage rise,
> etc
> The govt therefore moved that problem to the private sector.
> Employees of private companies, I strongly suspect, are subject to
> legally enforcable contracts which stop this threat.
> >
Not really. There is a balance of power between workers and managers.
Where unions and hiring restrictions are able to create a monopoly of
supply of labour, workers will be paid loads to not very much, whether
it's private sector or public. Typical examples (in the UK) are tube
drivers, firemen, train drivers (even though this last group are now
private sector employees).

Where there is a monopoly buyer of labour (almost always a
Government), and organised labour is not allowed, employees will have
to do loads for not very much. Typical examples are nurses and
soldiers.

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