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That's a cool idea, anyone know if anything like this has been put in place somewhere?

• maerF0x0 8y ago
  Taken to the limit most regular employees are a union of 1 and it doesnt work like a union. How would collective action (strikes) work? What about tragedy of the commons (join the cheaper union, but get the better collective bargain) ?
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• toyg 8y ago
  In Italy that’s basically what happened. Because each political party had its own trade unions, and there were quite a few parties after WWII, pretty much any unionised workforce is split between three or more unions. The results differ by sector. In some cases, this plurality allowed for classic “divide & rule” strategies from management; in others, it produced chaos because each union can (and will) call for strikes at different times with little or no coordination, or refuse to agree on deals that everyone else has accepted. The best outcomes have been consistently obtained in companies and sectors where the plurality was reduced to one or two dominant unions. Some competition is good, but it significantly increases complexity in all related processes.