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You: Labor organizing is bad. Also you: a free market alternative to <organized labor> is <organized labor>. You hate the word union. You seem to have a probl
by moate 7y ago
You: Labor organizing is bad.
Also you: a free market alternative to <organized labor> is <organized labor>.
You hate the word union. You seem to have a problem with how unions function in the US. I agree! Having all carpenters represented by a single union isn't necessarily as good an answer as having all carpenters represented by several unions. It creates other problems (unions competing against each other leading to race to the bottom rating, mass firings, etc) but it's really no different than companies just hiring non-union laborers now and would hopefully lead to a larger percentage of labor represented by orgs and not individuals.
There absolutely should be laws in place preventing retaliation and allowing organizations, I just don't think the US model has done well.
- CryptoPunk 7y agoI don't see any moral justification for violating someone's contact liberty. If someone does not want to employ unionized workers, or workers who go on strike, they should not be forced to. Freedom is a two-way road. You have a right to do whatever you want including organize and strike but you do not have a right to force other people employ while you do these things. I simply cannot wrap my mind around the idea that it is morally permissible to restrict freedom-of-association/contract-liberty in this way.