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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: The Sub-Minimum Wage Again - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 29-Aug-84 16:41:43 EDT
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Sorry, but the SU does have a union. It's called the Communist Party. You
don't have to be a member to work (but you do have to vote!), but you can't
organize into another union (even if you're in another country).
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What kind of union is the Communist Party in the USSR?  I never heard
of a Union with such strict requirements for membership, and that had nothing
to do with conditions of work or content of work.
It is quite hard to become a member of the Communist Party in the USSR,
not like a political party here (and not like a Union either).  You do
have to be a member to get far in Government, though, and probably for
other responsible positions as well.

The original statement about the USSR being a country without real unions
seemed fair.  Somebody may know whether the controlled unions that exist
in other Communist countries also exist there.
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Martin Taylor
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