@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 10yrs agoActive 3 days ago

Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?

Union membership in the UK began declining steeply in the 1980s and 1990s, falling from 13 million in 1979 to around 7.3 million in 2000. In September 2012 union membership dropped below 6 million for the first time since the 1940s. Union members include nurses, school meals staff, hospital cleaners, professional footballers, shop assistants, teaching assistants, bus drivers, engineers and apprentices.

70%
Help
30%
Hurt
48%
Help
27%
Hurt
14%
Help, in theory but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited
2%
Hurt, I support some private unions but am strongly against public unions
8%
Help, but ban their ability to make political donations

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 @8PC66MZanswered…4yrs4Y

don’t understand

 @9MM9HWSanswered…5 days5D

They have the power to do both, as seen in historical times like 1960s-1980s Britain. I believe, however, there is an importance in the right to strike and be a member of a trade union, and that they have been a tremendous help in building a Britain worth living in.

 @9MDSZSQanswered…2wks2W

Depends on the union and how they wield their power, its a two way street - both for the employer and employee - and the union's job is to ensure the worker doesn't get a raw end of a deal.

 @9MCRNT4 answered…2wks2W

Help and should stop being demonised. They are there to support and ensure a fair working experience for employees.

 @9FDMYK7answered…8mos8MO

Helps long term

 @9FCHPN4answered…8mos8MO

Hurt but aim to help workers

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DOJ opens formal investigation of U.S. Steel takeover by Japanese company

The Justice Department has opened up an in-depth antitrust investigation of Nippon Steel’s $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.The move escalates U.S. government scrutiny of the controversial deal, which has drawn fire from lawmakers, labor unions and others who argue the storied U.S. industrial titan should not be owned by a foreign company — even one based in Japan, one of America’s closest allies. It also follows a preliminary antitrust review previously reported by POLITICO.Last month President Joe Biden highlighted those concerns in a highly unusual statement, saying it must “remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated.”The United Steelworkers union — whom Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are both courting on the campaign trail — opposes the deal, saying it puts U.S. jobs at risk.It couldn’t be learned exactly when the DOJ officially opened up the in-depth review, but it happened recently according to the people, who are not authorized to speak publicly.A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment. Spokespeople for Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel did not immediately respond for comment. The opening of the antitrust probe roughly coincides with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s official White House visit this week. The Japanese leader said he hoped the proposed deal would proceed in a positive direction but did not criticize U.S. scrutiny of the transaction.“Japan believes that appropriate procedures based on law is being implemented by the US government,” Kishida said Wednesday at a joint press conference with Biden.

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