> We live in a world that has had to come up with labour unions when spirals of mistreatment and cost-cutting got out of hand The OP story is one reason that u

> We live in a world that has had to come up with labour unions when spirals of mistreatment and cost-cutting got out of hand The OP story is one reason that unions in certain geographies will attempt to unionize the entire industry all at once, so that there's no competitive disadvantage for one employer against another on labor costs. If you're organizing janitors in Miami, building owners will need to hire SOME contracting service to maintain the building but want the cheapest, still-quality one available. So if the workers do it together, it actually makes the fight with the employers easier not harder because they're less worried about losing business. Of course, this also means the lack of union density makes it harder for any individual place to unionize.