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But a business owner can’t fire everyone because they are starting a union, which by your logic they should have the right to do if this is a market. The whole
by seibelj 8y ago
But a business owner can’t fire everyone because they are starting a union, which by your logic they should have the right to do if this is a market. The whole point of a union is to limit what managers can do and tie their hands.
So even if the business wants to fire unionized labor and find new and better labor, they can’t. They must now work through a tangle of rules to make changes to their business.
- gamblor956 8y agoSo even if the business wants to fire unionized labor and find new and better labor, they can’t. Those terms exist precisely to target the abuse you are describing: firing experienced, knowledgeable workers for "better" employees that are inexperienced and know jack-shit about what they're supposed to be doing and whose only qualifications are being cheaper. Let's face it: in most unionized gigs, the contribution of each individual worker isn't significant, so the marginal gains of hiring a "better" worker is generally immaterial to the bottom line. In the cases where that's not true, the union contracts generally have reduced job protections that make it easier for underperforming workers to be let go (on the basis of objective criteria).
- seibelj 8y agoWould you support banning automation and other labor-saving devices that eliminate the need for labor? Because that is another alternative.
- michaelmrose 8y agoThey can individually fire workers that perform poorly. Not being able to fire people for organizing is why we don't have people being crushed in machines and thrown away like trash to be replaced with more disposable people.