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That's a cool anecdote. Meanwhile, unions across Europe won massive increases in standards of living for all workers, from better leave, healthcare, safety prot
by claudeganon 7y ago
That's a cool anecdote. Meanwhile, unions across Europe won massive increases in standards of living for all workers, from better leave, healthcare, safety protections, to even blocking the wealthy from having control over their democracies through militant, labor-backed political parties.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI'm not sure that last part is really a recommendation. What if I don't agree with the political positions of my union's leadership?
- dsr_ 7y agoThen you vote to change the positions, and if necessary the leadership. When you work for a contractor working for a corporation, you work for the contractor. When you work for a union working for a corporation, you work for the union. The difference is that the contractor isn't even notionally on your side, and the union is, at least in theory.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI wouldn't work for a corporation that organized "militant, corporate-backed political parties" either.
- claudeganon 7y agoThen your probably going to have to work for yourself, if you’re in the US anyway. Even small companies do this through the US Chamber of Commerce.