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SAG and the WGA are great models for flexible, performance-based pay, while maintaining wage floors and good working conditions across employers. That’s why the
by claudeganon 6y ago
SAG and the WGA are great models for flexible, performance-based pay, while maintaining wage floors and good working conditions across employers. That’s why the US government outlawed new unions from forming along similar lines (sector-wide bargaining) and forced everyone into the adversarial shop-vote model or independent contracting!
- webwielder2 6y agoCan you recommend further reading on said outlawing?
- claudeganon 6y agoThis covers the history pretty well, although without specific reference to SAG and the WGA (who were grandfathered in by the legislation discussed): https://jacobinmag.com/2017/12/taft-hartley-unions-right-to-work https://jacobinmag.com/2017/12/taft-hartley-unions-right-to-...