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>Ford has claimed that the deal UAW was negotiating would have doubled automaker labor costs, and the Intercept noted that often wage increases won by union wor
by prvc 3y ago
>Ford has claimed that the deal UAW was negotiating would have doubled automaker labor costs, and the Intercept noted that often wage increases won by union workers "trickle down" to non-unionized workers like Tesla's. That perhaps worried Musk, who seemingly has a financial interest in keeping autoworker wages low and a history of union-busting.
That's absurd speculation. Directly, this has a negative impact on Tesla's competitors only. Hard to imagine he would actually think changing a checkmark would have an impact on his own staff's salaries via that route.
- kioleanu 3y ago> That's absurd speculation I don’t know, it seems like a pretty good argument to me > Hard to imagine he would actually think changing a checkmark would have an impact on his own staff's salaries via that route. It would if the group is stripped of legitimacy when communicating with the outside world
- Barrin92 3y agosectoral bargaining is very, very common in a lot of countries with a strong union presence. In fact it's almost the norm. In most places literal union membership is not high. It's not absurd and not even speculation, it happens all the time. It's also simply logical because if a large employer (read: buyer of labour) raises wages there is immediately increased competition on the labour market. It's the inverse of a large vendor dropping prices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectoral_collective_bargaining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectoral_collective_bargaining