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I think you have it backwards. Unless the threat is exercised every once in a while, it is not taken seriously. German and French companies know that unions a
by DiogenesKynikos 4y ago
I think you have it backwards.
Unless the threat is exercised every once in a while, it is not taken seriously.
German and French companies know that unions are capable of and willing to go on strike if their demands are not met. That gives companies a much larger incentive to make concessions.
The Warnstreiks I mentioned earlier are a tool for reminding companies every once in a while that the possibility of a strike exists. They're often used during contract negotiations, when the union doesn't feel the company is giving enough.
- bombcar 4y agoSo unless we nuke a country every once in awhile it's not taken seriously? The last rail strike was adverted at the last moment, like it often is, so I suspect the railroad union is not weak.
- DiogenesKynikos 4y agoI'm going to suggest that nuclear weapons and labor strikes are sightly different types of things.
- bombcar 4y agoSure, but the point is that you can have a tool/weapon that the very fear of using it is enough to get people in line. The teacher's unions very rarely strike, they must be very weak?
- DiogenesKynikos 4y agoGiven the low salaries and poor working conditions that teachers in the US generally face, yes. It seems, however, that teachers are getting fed up, and there's finally been a bit more strike activity by teachers in the US over the last 4 years.
- dv_dt 4y agoThe railroad union settled without strike for no sick days. It is weak.