Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uiucdcsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!grass From: grass@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: The Sub-Minimum Wage Again - (nf) Message-ID: <11000099@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Sep-84 14:49:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.11000099 Posted: Sun Sep 2 14:49:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Sep-84 03:08:33 EDT References: <1089@dciem.UUCP> Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:dciem:-108900:uiucdcsb:11000099:000:808 Nf-From: uiucdcsb!grass Sep 2 13:49:00 1984 #R:dciem:-108900:uiucdcsb:11000099:000:808 uiucdcsb!grass Sep 2 13:49:00 1984 The USSR does have professional unions of the kind found in other Eastern Block countries. Examples: The Writer's Union, The Composer's Union, etc. These essentially control these professions AND act as a kind of social club besides. (I've been to the Composer's Union Building in Leningrad, it has the atmosphere of a rather exclusive club). These are clearly not western style unions, they have absolutely no power in protecting the intrests of the members, except perhaps by limiting access to the profession to a politically reliable group. They do act as an intermediate in applying government (or Party) controls. Usually there is no need for these to be applied overtly. The members censor themselves. -- Judy Grass University of Illinois - Urbana