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This to me is actually a pro-union argument not an anti-union one. That is exactly the kind of behaviour that any particular individual has no chance to stoppi
by mhoad 4y ago
This to me is actually a pro-union argument not an anti-union one.
That is exactly the kind of behaviour that any particular individual has no chance to stopping but the ability to negotiate collectively would make that a very unattractive option to a corporation.
Are you going to offshore the entire company as a way to try and get around it? I can’t think of any examples where that has ever happened.
But without that collective bargaining power you are always vulnerable to exactly this kind of thing happening.
Don’t let the ideas of morality, ethical norms or bad PR be your only defence against it happening. It’s sensible to have some other cards up your sleeve to protect your rights.
Aside: I’m not US based but if any of this sounds interesting here’s a group that was on my radar that is tech focused you may want to check out but I don’t know a lot about them in any real detail other than that they exist and are relevant https://techworkerscoalition.org/ https://techworkerscoalition.org/
- alecco 4y agoYou block company X from going offshore. So offshore competitor company Y takes over and company X goes bankrupt.
- mhoad 4y agoThis is a weird hypothetical that you have invented here. For what purpose I’m not sure. If you have some concrete examples you would like to point to I suspect we are both going to quickly discover that they are going to be a lot more complicated than the scenario you are describing here.
- alecco 4y agoYeah, China doesn't exist.
- mhoad 4y agoDo you have an example you actually want to talk about or no?
- mhoad 4y agoBecause back in the real world if you are looking for some examples of what having a union looks like compared to a company that doesn’t while Musk is claiming the economy is so bad he has to cut 10% of his staff, Ford just announced almost 9000 new jobs and a $1 billion investment to improve their workplace environment. Same industry, same country, same economy, same timing. https://twitter.com/ford/status/1532389397752123395 https://twitter.com/ford/status/1532389397752123395?