Don’t go back over to the Dark Side:
Guggenheim was right to make unions the villains of his film. But now that he’s starting to backpedal about collective bargaining, he’s getting heat from the reform community. There’s a bit of a mutiny on the “Waiting for ‘Superman’” Facebook page. The comments are decidedly opposed to Guggenheim’s view, with some supporters going so far as to say they’ll no longer promote the film.
Perhaps they’ll gravitate towards “Kids Aren’t Cars,” a film series that pulls no punches and shows the ugly impact collective bargaining has had on American public education.
It’s not too late to stop going wobbly.
But now that he’s starting to backpedal about collective bargaining, he’s getting heat from the reform community.
They’re talking about mandatory collective bargaining, where the majority imposes its will on the minority and hurts its legitimate interests. That’s wrong. Voluntary collective bargaining (both on the side of employees and employers) would be fine, although it might happen a lot less.
I can understand why someone would go wobbly on that… but here’s what everyone needs to remember – unions AREN’T SOME UNMITIGATED GOOD.
They aren’t bad either; they are simply corporations under different names. All they supply is labor, instead of finished products.
What we are seeing now is where people have hijacked the unions in ways that are not actually in the best interest of all the members.