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I think HN tends to lean anti-union because it is centered around a community of seed investors and entrepreneurs. Unions would work against their interests.
by uiri 8y ago
I think HN tends to lean anti-union because it is centered around a community of seed investors and entrepreneurs. Unions would work against their interests.
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoThe answer seems obvious to me, and that is to have the workers be the investors themselves. In that way, the workers are also the bosses and can collectively decide their future and path forward. Other ways separates the money from the labor. There will always be strife in that organization. Having a worker owned co-op also means that the profits don't go elsewhere - they go back to the people doing the labor.
- late2part 8y agoCan you give some succesful examples where the workers are the investors themselves and decide collectively their future?
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoMondragon , in the Basque region of Spain is a good example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation I don't read Italian, but there are a set of unemployment laws in Italy that roughly state - if there are 10 unemployed people who have an idea for a company, they can request all their unemployment insurance collectively and form a worker cooperative. Right now, there's more than 8000 such cooperatives in Italy. In Norway, Kantega is another such example. They're considered in the top 100 best workplaces in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantega Suma, a food collective, is another such example. Again, note the humane treatment of workers. Again, this is democracy in the workplace - the workers collectively decide how they are to be treated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suma_(co-operative) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suma_(co-operative) Prof. Wolff had a dissertation he gave, which is on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WUKahMm1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WUKahMm1s
- carapace 8y agohttp://www.windings.com/about-us/ http://www.windings.com/about-us/ > Windings Inc. is headquartered in New Ulm, Minnesota, with domestic and international production facilities and capabilities. Windings maintains the highest standards in manufacturing, engineering, material management and concept development while achieving a global presence in the industry. > Our company was founded in 1965. The majority of our business is made up of the Industrial, Aerospace, and Defense markets. ... > In 1998, Windings Inc. formed an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) for a planned purchase and transition of Company stock to the employees of Windings. The higher sense of responsibility that comes with employee ownership has made Windings even more responsive to customer needs and encourages innovation to bring greater value to its customers. In 2008, the company became 100% employee-owned.
- spiralx 8y agoThere's the John Lewis Partnership in the UK that includes 36 department stores and 353 supermarkets with over £11bn in annual sales. https://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/about.html https://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/about.html