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Without the legal backing of a recognized union, what prevents the company from firing anyone that declines to work like this?
by habibur 5y ago
Without the legal backing of a recognized union, what prevents the company from firing anyone that declines to work like this?
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoBefore unions were ever legal or recognized, they worked because of the force of solidarity, collective action and bargaining. You just simply couldn't fire and replace everyone at once. It created a bargaining entity that the owner was forced to deal with because the alternative was closure. EDIT: Frankly, if a union is relying on its legal recognition and backing for survival, it's already a zombie, dead-man-walking structure that is just going to fall apart in the long run. Unions must maintain solidarity and collective action and a healthy internal democracy and vibrant participation, or they'll just become a bureaucratic husk. Like most of the North American labour movement.
- ByteJockey 5y agoDon't forget good relations with the local community to deter scabbing.