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Aren't they already? In the countries I've lived in there can be several unions and they decide independently when to start and stop engaging in a negociation /

• underseacables 3y ago
  They are not. As far as I know, you can't just fire striking union workers. Unions force companies to only hire union members, and freeze out everyone else. They also have the ability to hold a gun to the corporations head and say look, we're going to strike and destroy your business whether you like it or not, unless you meet our demands. The bullet in the gun is the government. That is absolutely not market forces. Quite simply unions could not exist without government backing.
  • Jensson 3y ago
    > Unions force companies to only hire union members, and freeze out everyone else. This is due to American laws not protecting workers from unions. This isn't the case in for example EU. > Quite simply unions could not exist without government backing. They can and they did exist without government backing. Union laws in most countries are to weaken unions since they are too strong otherwise, not to give them more power. For example unions forcing exclusivity is due to lack of laws protecting workers from unions.