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If someone is struggling to feed their family on $10 and hour and they can get a job on the Kellogs line for $20 an hour essentially changing their life and tha
by wonderwonder 5y ago
If someone is struggling to feed their family on $10 and hour and they can get a job on the Kellogs line for $20 an hour essentially changing their life and that of their kids, they are a bad person and should be punished for the rest of their lives? This makes absolutely no sense and you are imposing your moralistic world view on others who most likely don't enjoy the financial freedoms that you do. Family comes first over everything. Also all collective bargaining accomplished in this case is to get everyone fired and 1400 open positions.
- jwmhjwmh 5y agoThe root problem is that this person is struggling to feed their family. If workers had a little more freedom, they wouldn't have to worry so much about finding work ASAP. The suggestion isn't necessarily moralistic. It's just a way to bring about collective action. In a strike, workers are sacrificing their immediate benefit for greater benefit in the long term. Workers generally win concessions through collective action. It didn't work here because unions in the U.S. are weak. If workers were better organized, they would have stood a better chance. Well organized labor benefits society as a whole; just look at the Nordic countries.