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Why do you think seem to think unions are independent from corporations? The regulations on unions and corporate capture of union executives make them little mo
by t-3 4y ago
Why do you think seem to think unions are independent from corporations? The regulations on unions and corporate capture of union executives make them little more than external HR departments. The strike suppression and sheer number of sellout contracts pushed through in the past few years under the "most pro-union president" should make it abundantly clear that unions in the US are a total joke.
- WalterBright 4y ago> should make it abundantly clear that unions in the US are a total joke. The teachers' union rules the states, for example. It's illegal for teachers to strike, but they strike anyway with impunity, and the elected officials they endorsed always cave. The unfunded pension system for public union employees is entirely due to their capture of the governments. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2022/07/07/states-unfunded-pension-liabilities-persist-as-major-long-term-challenge https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/...
- WillPostForFood 4y agoThe largest union, by a huge margin (over 1.2m larger than #2) is the NEA (teacher's union), and three of the top six unions are public unions. It would be reasonable to say at least those operate independently from corporations.
- fallingknife 4y agoBut they seem not to operate particularly independently from governments, which is kind of the problem.