A Redundancy

Over at Notes From The Outside, Brandon put up a really good post last night about the situation in Wisconsin and unions, in general. A good read, in my opinion.

One point he made bears repeating.

I also think the term "collective bargaining" is redundant. Without the collective, there is no bargaining. There is only groveling before the boss, a sort of tyrant of the economic world. You can ask for a raise, but there's no negotiating. You are free to find work elsewhere, but of course all the other factories are paying the same, or less maybe, and you know, you aren't getting any younger. I actually find it amazing that a society that loves to talk about democracy is terrified of democracy in the workplace...