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> The US labor situation is changing on a cultural level big time and rapidly. The working force is taking back the control. Companies are going to have a tough
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> The US labor situation is changing on a cultural level big time and rapidly. The working force is taking back the control. Companies are going to have a tougher time exploiting people for cheap labor with no/shitty benefits.
> Unions are going to be a major driving force again
All of those positive changes and benefits you cited are happening without an increased union presence, though. What makes you think unions are going to be a compelling option when the non-union alternatives are rapidly changing in response to market conditions without any need for union bargaining?
- DrewRWx 5y agoPerfect time to double-down, go union, and strike for jugular instead of relying on a rising tide to lift all boats.
- 8note 5y agoThe change is only on a cultural level though. companies have a very easy time exploiting people today, ad the people are getting unhappy. No actual change has happened yet
- whimsicalism 5y agoThis year has already seen an increased union presence and several high profile strikes. I think it is far-fetched to say that all of this has occurred without unions whatsoever. Just like Lenin's "reserve army" of the unemployed keeping workers motivated to keep working, so too does the "reserve threat" from labor organization motivate many of the 20th century improvements in labor conditions.