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Union represent people, a company represents invested capital. It is not a given that these should be treated equally.
by bjelkeman-again 7y ago
Union represent people, a company represents invested capital. It is not a given that these should be treated equally.
- nickff 7y agoThe company represents people too; those people just happen to be shareholders, and not employees. There is also a spectrum of companies, from mom-and-pop corporations and sole proprietorships and worker-owner co-operatives through member-owned co-operatives, all the way to publicly-traded corporations.
- elicash 7y agoWorth noting that there's not some Law of the Universe that says corporations SHOULDN'T represent the workers. In the United States, we've made political decisions that they shouldn't, and should instead only represent shareholders. But other countries have decided differently. And there are calls, for example, to have workers represent 40% of many corporate boards. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/10/18/warren-workers-corporate-board-members-germany https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/10/18/warren-workers-co...