Comments on: Labour Aristocrats http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/ Issues & insights Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:26:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Hillary http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6864 Hillary Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:12:32 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/#comment-6864 Good job. Good job.

]]> By: The Acorn » The criminal labour mafia http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1959 The Acorn » The criminal labour mafia Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:09:10 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/#comment-1959 [...] occuring. That is because in contemporary India strikes are orchestrated and organised by the labour mafia that controls the trade unions. Airport workers not only see the benef [...] [...] occuring. That is because in contemporary India strikes are orchestrated and organised by the labour mafia that controls the trade unions. Airport workers not only see the benef [...]

]]> By: The Acorn » Communist protests against joint air exercises would have been funny… http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/comment-page-1/#comment-628 The Acorn » Communist protests against joint air exercises would have been funny… Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:58:13 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/#comment-628 [...] to attract foreign investment — the net losers will be the people of the state. But who said Communists care for the people? [...] [...] to attract foreign investment — the net losers will be the people of the state. But who said Communists care for the people?

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]]> By: Vivek Ghodekar http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Vivek Ghodekar Sat, 29 Oct 2005 03:42:04 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/#comment-573 What this article does not tell and not many realize is that laws all over the world (in India and the United States for example) afford special privileges to the unions ostensibly to protect "worker's rights". For example in the United States, trade unions are not subject to anti-trust laws which are applicable to corporations like Microsoft for example. This is one among the many laws that violates the basic and primitive legal doctrine of "Equality under the Law". Trade unions ought to be legal since individuals have a fundamental right to associate but should be subject to the same laws corporations and other legal entities are. What this article does not tell and not many realize is that laws all over the world (in India and the United States for example) afford special privileges to the unions ostensibly to protect “worker’s rights”. For example in the United States, trade unions are not subject to anti-trust laws which are applicable to corporations like Microsoft for example. This is one among the many laws that violates the basic and primitive legal doctrine of “Equality under the Law”. Trade unions ought to be legal since individuals have a fundamental right to associate but should be subject to the same laws corporations and other legal entities are.

]]> By: Blue Sky http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Blue Sky Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:55:03 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/#comment-568 The worst part of the "labor aristocracy" is in the public sector. Unions in the private sector have some sense of sobriety since they now know that their companies can go bust. The public sector unions are blissfully unconnected with market realities, for their pay and their job depend on politics and not on productivity or profitability. Privatization of PSUs is the only antidote. The worst part of the “labor aristocracy” is in the public sector. Unions in the private sector have some sense of sobriety since they now know that their companies can go bust. The public sector unions are blissfully unconnected with market realities, for their pay and their job depend on politics and not on productivity or profitability. Privatization of PSUs is the only antidote.

]]> By: sv http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/comment-page-1/#comment-567 sv Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:35:56 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2005/10/28/labour-aristocrats-2/#comment-567 What's required is the usa style 'Employment at will' contract, where an employer is free to fire an employee any time and without having to explain. Employees already have the freedom to quit the employre whenever they want. Why not extend this freedom to employers too? What’s required is the usa style ‘Employment at will’ contract, where an employer is free to fire an employee any time and without having to explain. Employees already have the freedom to quit the employre whenever they want. Why not extend this freedom to employers too?

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