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> union is something the workers create and run I just assume that it's almost never going to be the case. It might look like it's created by worker, but it's
by 0-O-0 6y ago
> union is something the workers create and run
I just assume that it's almost never going to be the case.
It might look like it's created by worker, but it's created by a sub group of workers which is unhappy with a status quo. This effort will be led by even smaller sub group of activists that have a drive and skillset to organise and weasel into a leadership positions.
Worker run union seems to be even more implausible. It's going to be run by a managerial body composed of said activists, which I absolutely expect to be self-serving, rent seeking and, well, parasitic. Occasionally their interests will coincide with interests of workers they represent, but that will be just some happy accidents.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoUnions are run by the members
- manfredo 6y agoIn theory. In practice unions are run by union leadership. Who are elected. But then again so is Congress and the President - and we know how that works out.
- wpietri 6y agoI think that's quite different. Congress has 435 people representing 325 million. A union local can be just a couple hundred people.
- gpanders 6y agoJust like democracies are run by the voters? True in principle, but rarely in practice.