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Is it really evil if a few children die in the factory? Is it really evil if the work week is 96 hours? Is it really evil if we go hungry while the profits of l

Is it really evil if a few children die in the factory? Is it really evil if the work week is 96 hours? Is it really evil if we go hungry while the profits of labour are captured by people who are already millionaires and billionaires? Unionization is simply democratization of industry. Unionization of the workplace ensures that wages, safety, environmental and social concerns are addressed democratically by workers and management, organized collectively against the short term interests of rapacious capital. So yes, preventing labour from organizing collectively is oppressive, totalitarian, and anti-democratic. It's evil.

lawnchair_larry 7y ago
You realize that we are talking about Google, right? These examples are hilarious, but also a little insulting to employees who actually need unions. Which does not include any Google employees.
- PavlovsCat 7y ago
  > You realize that we are talking about Google, right? The context is "disagreeing with unions", which wasn't further qualified. edit: and certainly not restricted to Google. Just re-read chrisseaton's comment -- downvoting me doesn't change what's written here, it just adds the data point of dishonesty and underhanded tactics. > These examples are hilarious, but also a little insulting to employees who actually need unions. How so?
- blub 7y ago
  Given that Google was illegally colluding with several other companies to keep employee salaries down, maybe said employees do need an organization to watch their backs.
- 8note 7y ago
  it seems to me like Google needs unions -- not for pay, but for having a bigger say in what gets made and what shouldn't be created
  - redwall_hp 7y ago
    And work hours. Exploiting salaried workers with insane expectations of what amounts to unpaid overtime is a really big problem.
  - AndrewBissell 7y ago
    Indeed, this whole particular story started when Google retaliated against employees who opposed its bid for a CBP contract.

lawnchair_larry 7y ago

You realize that we are talking about Google, right? These examples are hilarious, but also a little insulting to employees who actually need unions. Which does not include any Google employees.

PavlovsCat 7y ago
> You realize that we are talking about Google, right? The context is "disagreeing with unions", which wasn't further qualified. edit: and certainly not restricted to Google. Just re-read chrisseaton's comment -- downvoting me doesn't change what's written here, it just adds the data point of dishonesty and underhanded tactics. > These examples are hilarious, but also a little insulting to employees who actually need unions. How so?
blub 7y ago
Given that Google was illegally colluding with several other companies to keep employee salaries down, maybe said employees do need an organization to watch their backs.
8note 7y ago
it seems to me like Google needs unions -- not for pay, but for having a bigger say in what gets made and what shouldn't be created
- redwall_hp 7y ago
  And work hours. Exploiting salaried workers with insane expectations of what amounts to unpaid overtime is a really big problem.
- AndrewBissell 7y ago
  Indeed, this whole particular story started when Google retaliated against employees who opposed its bid for a CBP contract.