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Maybe that is a fair outcome. In sectors that are more labor constrained the unions would still have power to negotiate and it wouldn’t be unilateral. And the f

• southerntofu 5y ago
  > And the formation of multiple unions and competition between multiple unions and individuals may be healthy. It depends. When a union renounces its revolutionary ideals and becomes a pawn of the bosses, then it's really counter-productive. For example in France, the CFDT and CGT used to be pretty radical, but nowadays despite some local section still practicing sabotage, nation-wide these two unions are pretty reactionary and will want to peacefully talk to the boss about getting slightly better improvements, instead of organizing workers with the explicit goal of the social revolution and self-organization of all aspects of life. How could an anarchist union (see Émile Pouget for example, about the history of the CGT TV won't tell you about) become a counter-revolutionary force whose security service is well-known (and documented) to attack undocumented folks and other protesters in demonstrations, siding with the cops against the people?! Back to the point, yes i believe diversity is useful for unions, though not competition. If only, because when your union turns bad you're free to make your own.