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The idea that "workers can't band together to make demands" somehow is in opposition to "market forces" and not ITSELF a market force is how we got into this me
by moate 6y ago
The idea that "workers can't band together to make demands" somehow is in opposition to "market forces" and not ITSELF a market force is how we got into this mess in the first place.
It's like saying "people are boycotting product x because they disagree with company policy" isn't allowed because "cancel culture is messing with the free market".
- ActorNightly 6y agoUnionization is by far more than "workers banding together to make demands". Unions have things like the ability to force someone to join a union and pay dues. From the point of view of the union, you ofcourse want that in order to stop the union from loosing power to non union members. And also, if you think that unions are market forces because they represent the interest of workesrs, so are anti union measures because they represet the interests of companies, so by definition you should be ok with what Amazon is doing.
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- pavel_lishin 6y ago> by definition you should be ok with what Amazon is doing. Only if we're on the side of definitions, I guess.
- Frondo 6y ago> Unions have things like the ability to force someone to join a union and pay dues Not in the US, not since 1947. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 banned closed shops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_shop#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_shop#United_States It's literally the first line of that section.