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> The threat of leaving, or simply moving offshore, enables employers of those workers to squeeze employees into longer hours or into poor working conditions be
by crackercrews 5y ago
> The threat of leaving, or simply moving offshore, enables employers of those workers to squeeze employees into longer hours or into poor working conditions because there is no collective means of pushing back against the employer
Wouldn't the formation of a local union make an employer more likely to leave a location? Seems like it would increase the size of the cost differential between staying and leaving.
- jwmhjwmh 5y agoUnions can negotiate more effectively by banding together. For an example, see this article: https://mattbruenig.com/2021/09/20/when-mcdonalds-came-to-denmark/ https://mattbruenig.com/2021/09/20/when-mcdonalds-came-to-de...