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In other countries not hiring someone because of their union affiliation is flat out illegal. (Thanks to union and political struggles to protect collective ba
by nanna 6y ago
In other countries not hiring someone because of their union affiliation is flat out illegal. (Thanks to union and political struggles to protect collective bargaining as a right)
- EarlKing 6y agoA lot of things are illegal in life ... but lawsuits take time and money most people don't have.
- danielrpa 6y agoIn the US many would argue that it's not collective bargaining if you are making the employer accept an union; it's putting a gun to the employer's head in the negotiations. Employers are people too! And an employer could be a small to medium company that is barely surviving against overseas competition. I understand others would say that the employer is more powerful to begin with and thus it's just a way to balance things. And without that, workers would be exploited and society would be worse off. The reason I'm writing this is that there are two sides of this discussion with pretty good arguments. So just because other countries think differently, it doesn't mean that they are doing the right thing.
- friedman23 6y agoModern morality is very simple Majority is more important than the minority. Poor is better than rich. Dumb is better than smart.
- raisedbyninjas 6y agoAlabama is an at will employment state. Amazon doesn't need to provide any reason for employment termination. If this warehouse unionizes, Amazon may choose to relocate their warehouse. This is in a suburb of Birmingham, population over a million. So the workers probably aren't unusually desperate for work.