@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 10yrs agoActive 3 days ago

Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?

In 2015 the percentage of workers in Canada who belong to a trade union increased .1% to 30%. Canada's unionized workforce has actually grown in recent years. Today, the CBC reports that about 4.56 million workers are members of unions up more than 800,000 since 1997. Unions expansion has been outstripped by the non-unionized workforce, which grew by about 2.5 million over the same period.

66%
Help
34%
Hurt
47%
Help
30%
Hurt
12%
Help, in theory but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited
4%
Hurt, I support some private unions but am strongly against public unions
7%
Help, but ban their ability to make political donations

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 @8KMCS9Rfrom British Columbia answered…4yrs4Y

Neither, unions do not exist for the benefit of the economy

 @9QZCYDNfrom Ontario answered…2wks2W

They can do both. Unions should be made less powerful and corrupt however because people strike over the smallest things now.

 @8TZYVHGfrom Quebec answered…3yrs3Y

Hurting the economy is irrelevant as their only aim should be protection of Labourers.

 @8TZ6XNSfrom British Columbia answered…3yrs3Y

There is a place for them in our society, however the majority of senior union leadership are lacking intelligence

 @8TYWNDPfrom Alberta answered…3yrs3Y

Help but should be monitored, follow regulations, transparency, to prevent corruption, abuse of power or political affiliations

  @8TXVXMLfrom British Columbia answered…3yrs3Y

Centrally controlled monopolistic unions have hurt. Old fashioned guilds with apprenticeships and a contracted minimum, but not maximum wage should be fine. Civil Service unions do hurt things.

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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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