File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1996/96-03-marxism/96-03-08.000, message 249


Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 20:13:56 -0500
From: Brian Carnell <briand-AT-carnell.com>
Subject: Re: Labor Party,USA -- A question


At 08:22 AM 3/2/96 EST, boddhisatva wrote:

>	It's very simple, nobody but labor unions is going to support working
>people economically.  No revolution is imminent and no laws, except for a
>minimum wage will help.  Labor is the only faction that can make a clear,
>logical argument about wage stagnation, what causes it, and what to do about
>it.  Non-union workers clearly benefit from unions.  Anything that raises the
>prevailing wage is good for workers.  

The only thing minimum wages do is increase unemployment for non-union and, 
to a lesser degree, members of unions.  Can you please explain how 
unemployment benefits non-union workers???


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Brian Carnell
briand-AT-carnell.com



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