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> It's a race to the bottom, and the only way to prevent that is collective organisation. There's nothing elitist about the notion that people acting together a
by redeeman 4y ago
> It's a race to the bottom, and the only way to prevent that is collective organisation. There's nothing elitist about the notion that people acting together are stronger than people acting alone.
not true. For example, I have a minimum I would work for, if this is not met, I would not accept working for less. I would rather go eat grass and leaves from trees than that. I would rather plant carrots, chase after a rabbit, whatever it takes. I do not need a union, I do NOT want anyone else interferring in my salary negotiations, and I can deliver value to a company beyond what I am asking in salary. vast majority of employees can deliver value beyond a decent salary.
- lmm 4y ago> I would not accept working for less. I would rather go eat grass and leaves from trees than that. I would rather plant carrots, chase after a rabbit, whatever it takes Easy to say when you haven't had to do it. And if you say "whatever it takes", you've already undermined your argument - you'll reach a point where your only option is working. > vast majority of employees can deliver value beyond a decent salary. Sure. But employers often capture all (or indeed more than all) of that value, through monopsony situations, self-organising de-facto cartels, or just acting as an actual cartel (e.g. the famous "anti-poaching agreement").