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When unions were illegal, they could only survive by being in the interests of the workers they represent. The ones that became legal were the most willing to c
by danharaj 7y ago
When unions were illegal, they could only survive by being in the interests of the workers they represent. The ones that became legal were the most willing to cooperate with capital, and in turn were given structural advantages against more radical unions.
For example, in many shops there is only one union. It is not difficult to see how that would lead to perverse incentives on the union's part.
I can ask you in turn: What checks and balanges are in place to prevent businesses from:
- Rampant corruption
- Protecting bad/lazy managers
- Blocking strategic decisions in the name of protecting profits
- Manipulating national politics for their benefit
- Mirioron 7y ago>I can ask you in turn: What checks and balanges are in place to prevent businesses from: A business is trying to make money. The first 2 out of the 4 points directly harm their profit motive, the 3rd and 4th are what companies should be doing (it's not great, but it fits their profit motive).
- danharaj 7y agoOh yea, I guess it never happens then, because of the profit motive. Yea nah I don't know which businesses you've worked at but the top 2 are endemic to every large business. It turns out that the people running a business don't necessarily do what's best for the business, either.
- mcguire 7y agoIn theory, theory and practice are the same thing. In practice, not so much.