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> Union can't force a company to rehire you when you're "untouchable". Unions forced the typical work week down to 40 hours from 60-90. Certainly they could ma
by PhasmaFelis 9y ago
> Union can't force a company to rehire you when you're "untouchable".
Unions forced the typical work week down to 40 hours from 60-90. Certainly they could make a company stop harassing a few ex-employees.
- nnfy 9y agoI think the reduction from 60-90 to 40 happened over the span of many rehirings. I think you're giving unions too much credit for microscale protections.
- emodendroket 9y agoWhat interest group besides unions had any interest in establishing a forty-hour work week?
- sqeaky 9y agoI don't know an accurate answer to your question, but lets presume unions did it all. I the GPs point is that having the power to change culture over the course of decades does not guarantee the ability to fix a single problem for a single individual.
- emodendroket 9y agoWell, if the unions managed to secure reforms such that that person's problem would not occur then they'd solve it. It certainly seems more likely to help more people than doing everything piecemeal and on an individual basis.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoA strong enough union can force all kinds of things, for better or worse. Whatever a company may gain by harassing a few ex-employees is nothing compared to the damage done by your entire workforce walking off the job.