The National University System was established in 2001 to meet the emerging challenges and demands of education in the 21st century. The System is uniquely aligned to connect a diverse population of students to a network of innovative educational programs that are relevant to their lives, careers, and the marketplace and are delivered in a format that respects competing life priorities.
Roger Showley, U-T SAN DIEGO
Friday, December 14, 2012
Kelly Cunningham, National University System
Answer: NO
Past contributions made by organized labor in America can be recognized, from imposing 8-hour days to workplace safety to sick and vacation leave benefits. There is a place for unions representing labor interests. But unions also discourage workers from being more productive, reducing incentives from labor competition, and even preventing the hiring of more workers. Moving forward the challenge for American workers is to compete in a global marketplace demanding flexibility, innovation and rapid deployment of capital and labor to meet changing customer preferences. Absent such changes, which unions resist making, the decades-long decline in private sector union membership will continue.
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