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The fallacy in your reasoning is that there is a unitary “interests of those warehouse workers”. Collective decision making and fiduciary duties are directly c
by bradleyjg 8y ago
The fallacy in your reasoning is that there is a unitary “interests of those warehouse workers”.
Collective decision making and fiduciary duties are directly contrary to each other but unions are supposed to feature both. The way the circle is squared is that unions don’t in fact represent all their members’ interests, only those of 50% + 1.
- whatever1 8y ago51% is still much more than the 5% that management represents.
- etatoby 8y ago> only those of 50% + 1 If only! In reality, long-living unions create such a layered bureaucratic structure that they don't represent most workers in most matters anymore (case in point: unions in Italy, since decades ago when they were protected by law.)
- confounded 8y agoIn my (limited, biased) experience the primary interest of workers is the same everywhere. Hint: it pays off both mortgages and bar tabs.
- ALittleLight 8y agoI think the disagreement is that a new worker who is skilled and hard working wants compensation to be based on output. An older worker who has been there for awhile wants compensation to be based on seniority. Workers with big families and medical problems want better benefits while single healthy folks want more cash. The disagreements are that different people want different things.