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Unions also fuck non-union members, which in turn creates a lot of economic deadweight and inefficiency.

• matsemann 6y ago
  No, that's just normal anti-union-FUD. A union doesn't have to imply that it controls everything, or that everyone has to be part of the union to work somewhere. A union could also just be a large entity that collectively bargain on behalf of the workers, and can do so better than they could separately. Often that involves stuff like better safety, pay, getting rid of bad stuff like non-competes etc. And where I'm from those new things are enforced company wide, not just for the union. So every worker profits from the union, even non-union members. If anything, the non-union members are the deadweight where I live. They get the benefits, without paying any membership fee.
  • musingsole 6y ago
    >A union doesn't have to imply As there's no set definition that would capture every union/guild to have ever existed...a "union" doesn't imply a thing other than some collective decision making apparatus. However, turning from Plato to my good friend Aristotle, history shows that unions tend to not notice non-members or - even worse - actively work against them. It's not FUD; it's a pattern.
  • diebeforei485 6y ago
    It's not anti-union FUD. Unions killed housing bills in California this past year.
  • bgorman 6y ago
    This is not FUD, this is the rationale behind "right-to-work" laws. Unions want to represent every worker, because it gives them more power. This isn't a conspiracy theory, this is reality. Some workers do not want to be a part of the union, but in states without right-to-work laws, they can be compelled to be part of the union.