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Unions are really, really different from collectives, or worker co-ops. They have in common an implication that capital should not be the sole deciding factor
by mercutio2 5y ago
Unions are really, really different from collectives, or worker co-ops.
They have in common an implication that capital should not be the sole deciding factor in organizational decision making, but it is really weird to see them lumped together.
Kind of like saying jet engines (or bears, humans, or amphibians) all depend on breathing oxygen!
- mabub24 5y agoI only lumped them together because in America all forms of worker organization outside of the dominant system of employee subservience is deemed suspect in a hilariously uniform way. Farmers co-ops, for instance, have been described as "socialist," or "anti-competitive," or "inefficient" or "rent seeking" in the same way that unions have been. But I do agree, for the sake of specificity, they should be considered separate.
- mercutio2 5y agoFair enough! I missed that you were implying it's weird to collapse those together, but American's do anyway. In which case, yeah, I see your point.