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Not exactly. Its owners could always pack up and work elsewhere. Or in the case of capital, invest elsewhere. You have to beat the alternative option.
by karpierz 6y ago
Not exactly. Its owners could always pack up and work elsewhere. Or in the case of capital, invest elsewhere. You have to beat the alternative option.
- vkou 6y agoWhat is going to stop wherever they pack up to go to from organizing in a similar manner? Does the factory that the employees work in also disappear if the owners pack up and leave? Why would things be any different for the owners, under new ownership? Plenty of profitable businesses can afford to pay employees more. The fact that they are profitable is testament to it. They choose not to, because their employees don't have enough leverage in the employee-employer relationship. Unions change that.
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago> What is going to stop wherever they pack up to go to from organizing in a similar manner? The fact that not unionizing was how they got the work to begin with. If they tried to do the same thing there, the company wouldn't have any reason not to move back, which the workers in the new place obviously don't want.