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This is why even white collar workers need to have a good look at unionization. Even highly compensated workers at tech companies ultimately have little to no p
by boredpeter 3y ago
This is why even white collar workers need to have a good look at unionization. Even highly compensated workers at tech companies ultimately have little to no power within a corporation. Corporations are tyrannical authoritarian institutions and the only way to prevent them from harming workers is government intervention (I.e. labor laws) or workers collectively bargaining.
- tmn 3y agoFree market competition is another dynamic.
- sc68cal 3y agoHow does that work when all the employers act as a group and coordinate? This RTO push is coordinated
- tmn 3y agoThis creates the opportunity for an employer to not ‘coordinate’ and thus have an edge in attracting talent
- sc68cal 3y agoThis is nonsense. By that logic, a cartel or price-fixing scheme could never happen because there's an opportunity for one actor to not participate in the scheme, and yet.... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lcd-settlement-idUSTRE7BQ0KK20111227 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lcd-settlement-idUSTRE7BQ... https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-tech-jobs-settlement-20150903-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-tech-jo...
- tmn 3y agoYou’re not accurately representing my claim. I said this dynamic exists as one (of many) mechanisms to incentivize employers to allow wfh. Not that its existence will prevent cartels or employer coordination.
- CapstanRoller 3y agoWhose freedom? Whose market?
- tmn 3y agoThe market for employers to match with employees. The freedom for such associations to be mutually accepted.
- CapstanRoller 3y ago>mutually accepted It's only "mutual" if you completely ignore the power imbalance.
- tmn 3y agoYeah I guess I haven’t felt it personally (the power imbalance)
- up2isomorphism 3y agoNo I don’t want unionize with anyone. Social welfare is the right measure to deal with unemployment, not bundle your employment with bunch of other people.