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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: White greed
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 08:38:29 EST
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> 
> As for why unions are for minimum wage laws, the general idea is that
> a unionized worker can often be replaced by some number of un-unionized
> workers.  The classic example is the union backhoe operator who can be replaced
> by 10 ditchdiggers.  If the initial scenario is that backhoe operators
> (with their equipment) charge $25/hr, and 10 un-unionized men charge
> $2.49/hr each, the 10 men will be hired and the union worker will
> be unemployed.  On the other hand, if minimum wage forces the 
> 10 men to charge $3.50/hr each, then the backhoe operator can charge
> $34.99/hr and still compete successfully with the 10 men.
> 
> Because of the counter-intuitive way in which minimum wage works,
> ("No Virginia, it doesn't mean you get $3.50/hr for selling matches --
> it means you're fired") it tends to be a very hard thing to attack
> politically.

What does the minimum wage law have to do with Affirmative Action??
Minimum wage laws were urged by mostly white unions who *tended* to
resist integration efforts. Please explain

Marcel Simon