> > > Often, unions could achieve the socialist ideal of worker
>> > ownership and control of the means of production by buying
>> > a controlling interest in the corporations where they work.
>
>Jordan Hayes:
>> What's your take on what has happened over at UAL?
>
>As far as I can understand the situation, the workers there
>do not actually control the business, although they may
>nominally own it.
That's true of most ESOPs - they're mainly tax shelters or efforts to unload turkeys on workers, with little actual control transferred.
Doug