On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Tim May wrote:
"Any employee of our Company is free to "organize." That day wlll be his last day. Good luck, and fuck you!"
Free people are free to fire those who form communal organizations. Anyone who disagrees with this point has earned killing.
No, they haven't. A disagreement of view is never in and of itself justification for any physical act. Why should you mind if these individual of a like mind decide they want to re-negotiate their employment contract? Isn't that the 'free' in 'free market'? The basis of free market economics is a give and take. The point being that all parties are reasonably happy because they're reasonably certain they got a fair and equitable deal. The fact the workers don't feel that way is sufficient justification, in economic terms at least, for their actions. The reality is that as much as some skin flint might like to keep paying 1920's salaries in 1970, the reality of the market doesn't support those sorts of strategies. If the employer keeps too hard a line nobody will work for him. If in fact the company can increase productivity, lower costs, and increase profit why shouldn't the workers reap some of that benefit. They are in reality as much a part of the company, and fitting a share in the profits, as the 'board of diretors' or the 'investors'. -- ____________________________________________________________________ The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------