Thom Hartmann: Why German labor is treated better than American labor

[thomhartmann]

Klaus Barthel, Member of Social Democratic Party and of Parliament of Germany & George Kohl, Communications Workers of America join Thom Hartmann. Workers at T-Mobile USA are threatened and intimidated if they bring up talk of forming a union. How can this be the case when their parent company has union members on its board of directors? Stay tuned...

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on RT TV & FSTV "live" 9pm and 11pm check www.thomhartmann.com/tv for local listings

[railsback]

1. An educated society understands the importance of labor.

Not difficult to understand... unless you're a Republican.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Or a "Democrat." Like Arne Duncan, for example.

>>>Not difficult to understand... unless you're a Republican.>>>

[bayareaboy]

6. Well some folks like to look down on others ... ...

I have friends and family who somehow think that being a union worker in the crafted industries is different than working sales or distribution or even nursing.

You know the folks who don't mind a bad haircut because it is cheaper that a union shop. Or the folks who buy the shit at Wal-mart then think it is the same as downtown. It ain't!

[JDPriestly]

2. Thanks. Germany is noted for its liberal

trade union and employee rights policies. And, its companies profit from the peace and cooperation between labor and management in Germany.

Thanks for this segment. We need to learn a lot more about German labor laws and practices.

[stockholmer]

3. I posted on this back last year, 2 videos included

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=631728&mesg_id=631731

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Jesus. T Mobile is even worse to its workers than it is to its customer base.

That's saying a lot.

What a miserable, despicable entity.


K and R