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How quickly we forget. This is not the first time workers have faced inhumane working conditions. Unions worked as a solution before - why wouldn't they work ag
by MikeUt 5y ago
How quickly we forget. This is not the first time workers have faced inhumane working conditions. Unions worked as a solution before - why wouldn't they work again?
- whitepaint 5y agoCan't they already organize and associate with unions but choose not to?
- padthai 5y agoSome of them do not want to know anything about unions, this is a common opinion among the American public. Other would like, or even try. But Amazon management, an enormous American corporations, are determined to not allow to do so. Amazon warehouse workers are, generally, not a particularly wealthy or powerful segment of the society.
- whitepaint 5y agoWhat is the solution? Make unions mandatory?
- MikeUt 5y agoThe solution is winning hearts and minds to convince workers to organize. In the past, corporate propaganda and improving living conditions convinced many that unions were a net negative. As conditions change, so too can those convictions. But I don't think mandatory unions are a solution. Unions would have to be very popular for such legislation to pass. But if they were so popular, they would no longer need compulsory membership. In general it is unions and organized labor that push legislation meant to help workers, so starting with legislation instead is putting the cart before the horse.