On the Devaluation of Labor

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By EUGENIA TSAO - May 18, 2009

The union-bashing and labour-trivializing that has come into vogue of late has typically been predicated on a small set of dubious assumptions...The first is the notion...that the wages and benefits enjoyed by unionized workers are undeservedly generous, and have served only to exacerbate the economic downturn...Those who have literally given their lives to their industries...are called overpaid parasites.

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