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This honestly sounds more like a cartel than a union.
by ecf 3y ago
This honestly sounds more like a cartel than a union.
- whimsicalism 3y agoWell, it is how unions have functioned in the states for a long time. Worker unions don't work very well if you do nothing to combat free rider costs.
- ecf 3y agoAnd it’s why unions have been losing collective bargaining power over the last couple decades. The world is different now. Economy is global, people are trying to make a living doing something that makes them happy. Not everyone is a union member, and it’s absolutely ridiculous to extort a young professional from taking a career defining opportunity because a certain, very entitled group decides they want it even better. Unions striking is within their right. Go for it. But it’s absolutely unacceptable to start blacklisting non-union people who don’t fall in line because the union doesn’t happen to have as much bargaining power as they would have liked.
- whimsicalism 3y agoFreedom of choice is fundamental and I have a choice as to who I work with. That I can use that power to coordinate with my peers for better pay does not transform a refusal to work with scabs into a coercive act.