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The German experience with labor defies America's disdain for unions.

Publication: Manufacturing & Technology News
Publication Date: 28-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
American labor unions, the high wages and benefits they negotiate for their workers and burdensome federal labor regulations, often get the blame for the country's lack of industrial competitiveness.

But even higher rates of union membership, wages, more lucrative benefit packages and more onerous government labor requirements have not hurt Germany, according to Markus Franz, counselor for labor and social affairs with the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Franz is surprised by the manner in which U.S. federal officials, policymakers and business people attack not only American unions but the "European" model of strong labor protections and representation. When former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Choa was turning over the reins of her agency to the next administration late last year she gave a speech calling on the future president to continue George W. Bush's labor policies and not follow "the poor example of Europe," Franz told a recent meeting...

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