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"The corporations should live in fear of the government, not an independent union." I think that membership funded union would be much likely to protect worker
by therouwboat 2y ago
"The corporations should live in fear of the government, not an independent union."
I think that membership funded union would be much likely to protect worker rights than tax funded government.
- cjk2 2y agoBut the union has little to no legislative power, only relying on lobbying and private legal cases, at which point you end up competing with non-union entities who have a lot more money.
- h4ckerle 2y agoA general strike has a lot of power. Which is why they are banned in many countries.
- Stranger43 2y agoIt's not not always been the case that the unions were the weaker non-state actor, in fact they used to rival political parties and business cartels in their ablity to lobby/negotiate. And in some countries that power havent completely faded away.