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I am biased against restrictions on people's right to freely interact, and that includes people acting in the capacity of an employer. It's perfectly reasonabl
by CryptoPunk 5y ago
I am biased against restrictions on people's right to freely interact, and that includes people acting in the capacity of an employer.
It's perfectly reasonable to be highly critical of something one views as a violation of human rights.
My comment is also a valuable contribution to the public discourse, because it describes the poorly understood mechanism by which unions derive their power, which is regulatory restrictions preventing people outside of the union from competing on a level playing field with people within the union.
- cinntaile 5y agoI don't know what the right to freely interact is, where is this defined somewhere? An employer is a collection of people, so is a union. Why is only one of those allowed to "freely interact"?
- CryptoPunk 5y agoThe right to freely interact with other consenting adults, which is variously described as the right to free association, and the right to contract, is a foundational principle of a free society, and we see various reflections of that in the legal rights found in many charters and bills of rights and constitutions. >>An employer is a collection of people, so is a union. I am not opposed to people forming a union. I'm opposed to regulatory restrictions preventing employers from refusing to negotiate with unions or employ their members.
- cinntaile 5y agoDo you only oppose this type of employment discrimination or do you oppose employment discrimination in general?
- CryptoPunk 5y agoWhat do you mean by employment discrimination?
- cinntaile 5y agoThere is probably a better source, but general examples of what I mean can be found here. [0] More details regarding discrimination based on union sympathies can be found here. [1] [0] https://www.eeoc.gov/youth/what-employment-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/youth/what-employment-discrimination [1] https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/discriminating-against-employees-because-of-their-union https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/di...
- CryptoPunk 5y agoI support the right of private employers to discriminate against employees for anything, including despicable premises like sex and race. If you are the government, you should only be allowed to discriminate based on actions that could adversely affect government efficiency, and being party to a union falls under that.