Well, in part because independent trade unions are illegal in China. And by "independent" I mean not a mouthpiece of the CCP. This is partly what I meant by res

Well, in part because independent trade unions are illegal in China. And by "independent" I mean not a mouthpiece of the CCP. This is partly what I meant by reshaping the economy, though. Unions are there to push back against capital, but the adversarial capital v. labor system only really makes sense in a world where there's at least as much work to be done as people. Of course all else being equal unions are going to look out for their members and their members jobs. It's that or the unemployment lines. However, the society of the future simply won't have those jobs. It will require some new and different social contract. UBI perhaps is an alpha.