Mr Alger contends that the Solution A alluded to in a previos post is simple: “Walk away” he says. <\/p>\n
Let’s see how that worked. <\/p>\n
Worker 1 has a job at Forchevplymouth. Worker 1 likes to make money, and his wife and children, hostages to his fortune, like him to make money too. They have grown accustomed to eating regularly and it is good. Conditions in the plant are far from optimal, though, so Worker 1 appeals to his boss to fix the broken and dangerous machinery, to issue safety equipment, to stop working him at an unbelievable pace. Worker 1’s boss declines to comply. Worker 1 walks away. <\/p>\n
Forchevplymouth is not even mildly inconvenienced. There are a thousand men outside the door, begging to get in. before Worker 1 is out the gate, Worker 2 has been handed a shovel and is doing the job. Worker 1 cannot get another job, because men are plentiful and jobs are scarce.
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\nWorker 2 now has a job at Forchevplymouth. Worker 2 likes to make money, and his wife and children, hostages to his fortune, like him to make money too. They have grown accustomed to eating regularly and it is good. Conditions in the plant are far from optimal, though, so Worker 2 appeals to his boss to fix the broken and dangerous machinery, to issue safety equipment, to stop working him at an unbelievable pace. Worker 2’s boss declines to comply. Worker 2 walks away. <\/p>\n
Forchevplymouth is not even mildly inconvenienced. There are a thousand men outside the door, begging to get in. before Worker 2 is out the gate, Worker 3 has been handed a shovel and is doing the job. Worker 2 cannot get another job, because men are plentiful and jobs are scarce. <\/p>\n
Worker 3 now has a job at Forchevplymouth. Worker 3 likes to make money, and his wife and children, hostages to his fortune, like him to make money too. They have grown accustomed to eating regularly and it is good. Conditions in the plant are far from optimal, though, so Worker 3 appeals to his boss to fix the broken and dangerous machinery, to issue safety equipment, to stop working him at an unbelievable pace. Worker 3’s boss declines to comply. Worker 3 walks away. <\/p>\n
Forchevplymouth is not even mildly inconvenienced. There are a thousand men outside the door, begging to get in. before Worker 3 is out the gate, Worker 4 has been handed a shovel and is doing the job. Worker 3 cannot get another job, because men are plentiful and jobs are scarce. <\/p>\n
Repeat as often as necesary to get the point. <\/p>\n
This is not emotion. This is not conjecture. This is fact.
\nBefore you ask people to abandon tools for change because you don’t like those tools, live their lives and tell them “walk away”. In their world, ‘walk away” is never, has never been an option. Solution A does not exist. Unions at the time were the only functional tool that existed to do the job, and for good or ill, that’s what happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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