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If they liked having unions with lots of power over workers they would join unions. "Company propaganda" is just a cop out, companies in Europe does the same, t
by username90 5y ago
If they liked having unions with lots of power over workers they would join unions. "Company propaganda" is just a cop out, companies in Europe does the same, the main difference is that unions in Europe has a lot of power over companies and very little power over workers while in USA it is the opposite.
An example of protections workers in USA lacks is "right to work", everyone has that in Europe but in USA it is said to be right wing anti union propaganda. The only one who is hurt by banning "right to work" is the worker, unions wants it though since it gives them more power over workers. Btw, saying that unions are on the workers side just because workers elect and pay them is like saying that politicians are on the peoples side since the people elect and pay the politicians taxes. It doesn't work that way, you need to protect people from politicians and also protect workers against unions.
- bostonsre 5y agoWhy do you dismiss company propaganda as a cop out so easily? Are you saying that in the Amazon warehouse example their propaganda had no effect? I'd argue that even Amazon disagrees with that statement even if they wouldn't admit it publicly. If there were no effect, they wouldn't have needed to worry about putting a bunch of time and effort into stopping the union.