Courtesy of Mish.
Here is a pair of related posts, one from California, the other from France. Union nonsense is at the heart of both.
The LA Times reports Postal Workers’ Union Criticizes Staples-Run Post Offices.
California leaders from a national postal workers’ union are criticizing a Staples pilot program that has installed dozens of small post offices in the office-supply stores.
American Postal Workers Union leaders said that opening retail units staffed by Staples employees is a “disservice to postal workers and the nation’s mail service.”
Staples Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service announced late last year an arrangement to allow 82 small post offices to operate at Staples stores in California, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Who Doesn’t Want Lower Prices?
In general, if it lowers costs (with quality constant), as long as it does not impede on rights of others, I am all in favor of the idea. So is any rational thinking person.
So, who doesn’t want lower prices?
Only three groups.
- Unions and Union Supporters
- The Fed
- Economic illiterates in academic wonderland (Paul Krugman types)
Even union workers want lower prices (on everything they buy) but certainly not everything they sell. That’s the nature of union hypocrites, especially those who shop at Walmart or buy online from Amazon.com.
Let’s now turn our attention to France to pick up the second part of this story.
French Air traffic Controllers Strike Again
Via translation from Les Echos, please consider Air Traffic Controllers Strike Again in Late January …
