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Right, but ultimately a union is still a democracy, and the bureaucracy has to stay in power. That seems a lot harder to do if you don't actually have your cons
by xracy 4y ago
Right, but ultimately a union is still a democracy, and the bureaucracy has to stay in power. That seems a lot harder to do if you don't actually have your constituents interests at hand. I will grant that in a large enough union I could see bureaucracy being a problem, like that. But also the fact that unions have been gutted for power (in the US) means that union officials aren't nearly as bad as the equivalent groups in a more powerful institution. Also it means that they're still in the stage where most unions could stay vigilant to avoid it.
- sirmarksalot 4y agoUnions can run on autopilot for a long time, though, and their management can coast to victory if the membership is sufficiently disengaged. Old unions in particular can have a silent majority problem, where most of their members are just trying to do their job and get a paycheck, and will never even hear the people who are trying to get involved and fix things. Fixing a union involves a lot of the same work as starting one in the first place, with a lot of the same difficulties.
- antiatheist 4y agoJust like the USA is a democracy.
- xracy 4y agoThe USA is not a democracy... It's a representative democracy i.e. a republic.