Labor Unions: part III

My opponent claims he did not drop my arguments and they were addressed throught his case. However, I'd like to state that those points were different from his points and that those were my arguments which were not addressed. Thus, I'd like to state that these were concessions and I deserve a point for him conceding the points. 1. Labor Unions Increase Unemployment and Inflation. Okay. Let's see how much 20% - 25% really is. Let's say the non-unionized workers get paid $20 an hour. The unionized workers get paid 25% (at maximum) over the non-unionized workers so they get paid $25! That's a $5 increase over regular employees and that's maximum. So at maximum, one-fourth more of a regular non-unionized salary is what unionized workers get. That's very little. I'd also like to state this is a benefit of joining labor unions. Thus, this doesn't prove how it increases unemployment. Then my opponent states that this amount of extra money taken by unionized workers causes the company to lose lots of money. That amount of money does not cause unemployment because it is very small and still allows businesses a lot of money to invest for innovation and competition. Labor unions also do not continuosly increase the wages. Instead they increase the wages to a limit where the employee has the ability to sustain economic security. Labor unions also don't increase wages to the point my opponent is stating but instead to where the worker can get economic security which means they don't have to lay off employees. His 2nd argument is that they decrease profit margin of companies which hurts companies. That's untrue because the money is so little it doesn't hurt the company. It doesn't reduce their ability at all. His last argument is they restrict labor. They don't restrict labor if they don't hurt the company so that point is untrue. "Across the economy, unions raise productivity by 19% to 24% in manufacturing, 16% in hospitals, and between 17% and 38% in the construction sector. In the mid-1990s, the North Philadelphia Health System experienced an economic downturn and nearly had to close its doors. Unions stepped in and helped secure the money and political backing needed to keep the facilities open. In 1994, the IUE (along with the Steel Valley Authority) worked with the General Cable Company in Pennsylvania to save a plant from closure. Since, General Cable has thrived, and this facility was recognized as one of North America's "Best Plants" by Industry Week. A partnership with its unions helped propel Harley-Davidson Motor Company back to success after being on the brink of bankruptcy. By working together with its employees and their unions, Harley-Davidson was able stay in business and keep jobs in the United States. Studies show that a large union presence in an industry or region can raise wages even for non-union workers. Since its workers organized in 1995, specialty rose producer Jackson & Perkins has seen an increase in productivity and a decrease in tardiness and absenteeism. The International Association of Machinists partnered with Harley-Davidson Motor Company to create a High Performance Work Organization, in which workers and managers shared ideas about how to increase both the safety and productivity of factory tasks. Through solutions adopted by labor-management committees, waiting periods for emergency room radiology services have fallen by 40% at Maimonides Medical Center." They don't need to raise prices because of the labor unions. Labor unions don't actually keep raising wages as you believe. They stop when the worker can sustain economic security where it doesn't hurt the company to the point it needs to lay off workers, raise prices, go out of business, etc. I have stated my case and it proves that labor unions don't increase unemployment or inflation. 2. Labor unions encourage sloth. Untrue. If they worked harder they would get better representation and better approval from the labor unions. In a way, the labor unions would work harder to raise wages for him/her and show it as proof that labor unions encourage hard work. I don't understand why my opponent doesn't get this part of the debate. Thus, labor unions don't encourage sloth. 3. Unionized workers take advantage of non-unionized workers. Switching you're argument, eh? First, my opponent states the average union wage is at maximum 25% higher than the non-unionized wages. Now, you're stating the average wage is 28%. I object to this huge switching of arguments and regard it as false due to my opponent's previous statements. I would like to state again, there is no way of knowing which workers work harder categorized instead of individually. It's not unfair because there is no actual evidence that non-unionized workers work harder than unionized workers. It is not unfair because they don't take advantage at all. Labor unions don't cause the laying off of workers and it's actually a hard-worked behefit to be able to get higher wages. No, it's not unfair because they pay to join the union. They choose to not join the union which leaves out some benefits for them so it's their fault. Plus, they won't get their job to be lost and have their company to shut down from labor unions. There are many other causes that have nothing to do with labor unions. Labor unions don't take advantage of anyone. Thus, unionized workers don't take advantage of non-unionized workers. 4. Labor unions hurt the consumer. Not true at all. Labor unions raise wages to help the workers sustain economic security. They don't randomly keep raising wages like labor cartels. Now you're repeating the 28% average wage. This is definitely a switch in facts. First, it's at maximum at 25%! Now you're saying the average wage is 28%. My numbers are from my sources. Labor unions increase productivity as shown with my facts. Productivity matters and the actual company doesn't shut down because the productivity helps the company stay alive. I can't believe my opponent states that productivity doesn't matter which shows how labor unions don't hurt the consumer. 5. Unions have laws that take away the power of bosses and executives that are needed to handle bad situations. I never stated that. The benefit is that unionized workers have more protection from being layed off/fired. It is true that it is protected by the Amendments and giving a 2nd chance as a benefit is not wrong. 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