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Why does it work that way in the U.S.? In my country everyone can freely join a union, all union employees can go on strike if the union allows it, and they’re
by Joeri 7y ago
Why does it work that way in the U.S.? In my country everyone can freely join a union, all union employees can go on strike if the union allows it, and they’re not allowed to prevent others from working. At no point to my knowledge do all workers in a company have to decide to unionize. Why the collective decision?
- jcims 7y agoThis is the problem with the conversation around unions. The way they operate traditionally in the US seems to be very different than how they operate in Europe, and many of the negative externalities from how they operate in the US are just pissed away as anecdotal rather than a possible threat to their success. If this union shits the bed, and there's no evidence that it will but plenty of evidence that it's possible, it's going to be catastrophic to the overall case for tech unions in the US. Unfortunately the signal from the actual discussion is going to be lost in the noise from vested interests in both sides, so we're probably not going to learn anything.