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Sure, US unions need some reforms, just like the plutocrats need to be reined in. And yet, if there are moneyed interests promoting the goals of big business a
by jkaplowitz 7y ago
Sure, US unions need some reforms, just like the plutocrats need to be reined in.
And yet, if there are moneyed interests promoting the goals of big business and the rest of the ruling class, isn't it better to balance that out with whatever imperfect form of unionism is currently available while advocating for the necessary reforms? An anti-worker imbalance in money and power seems worse than that.
- tharne 7y agoThat's what I believed when I was younger. However, after watching unions in action, they seem to make things even worse, especially for younger workers. I don't think the answer to outsized corporate power is to try and balance it with outsized union power. What I'd like to see is simply more decentralization of power, something like the "trust busting" under Teddy Roosevelt. When any organization gets past a certain scale it seems to lose touch with basic values and decency. You see this with countries too. Small states like Singapore or Denmark don't often start needless wars or meddle in the affairs of others, the way superstates like the U.S., Russia or China do.
- chrisseaton 7y agoWhy have one adversarial master who doesn’t represent your interests when you could have two of them!