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If this were done regularly in the United States (Taft-Hartley notwithstanding), it would do the next generation of Americans wonders as a reminder that they ar
by salawat 3y ago
If this were done regularly in the United States (Taft-Hartley notwithstanding), it would do the next generation of Americans wonders as a reminder that they are the ultimate mediators of acceptable business behavior. There's an awful lot of externalized cost that we just pick up the slack for out of the "goodness of our hearts" that needs to actually be accounted for somewhere that need not be on anyone else's but the belligerant's recognizance.
A reminder every now and then, of what getting along with the labor force looks like, and the reprecussions for not doing so is a good thing.
- thegrim33 3y agoExtortion: The practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money or goods) through coercion. Coercion: Compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner by the use of threats
- anotherhue 3y agoI don't know, the power balance between corporates and flesh-people seems lop-sided enough that a little intimidation might be healthy.
- derelicta 3y agoObviously its the workers who are greedy, and not the oligarch-owner of Tesla.
- salawat 3y agoOh please, you're perfectly comfortable with coercion being employed on a daily basis. You just want it aimed at other people. If your first instinct is to call the police, you have no business calling out a labor force for being "coercive". Further, not one threat has been issued vs. Tesla. The labor force have just collectively stated "Don't like our terms? Do it yourself." That is not a threat. That's a refusal to associate. Unless you want to try to sell me that refusal to take someone's money is an act of violence now. If you are, then the gulf between our points of view is so wide as to preclude civil reconciliation.