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> Now in that scenario the worker has no power at all The worker holds all the power, so long as another worker isn't an asshole ready to screw over his fellow
by randomdata 2y ago
> Now in that scenario the worker has no power at all
The worker holds all the power, so long as another worker isn't an asshole ready to screw over his fellow man. What's the company going to do if the worker balks? Hire nobody? Not going to happen.
Which is what a union ultimately serves: Establishing a brotherhood where the workers agree to not be assholes towards each other, to not screw each other over, so that when a worker decides the terms are un-agreeable another worker isn't waiting to pounce to take his position. This retains a worker's power.
But if workers had common decency to begin with...
- johnnyanmac 2y ago>What's the company going to do if the worker balks? Hire nobody? Not going to happen. These days, yes. They get rid of Bob and make Andy do his and Bob's work (with no extra pay, of course), promising to replace Bob over the next 6 months while the company actually has a hiring freeze. I wish more "assholes" would realize this before trying to turn against their peers.
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- gklitz 2y ago> But if workers had common decency to begin with... What on earth do you mean? If a job gets posted do you ask them “did the last person get fired? If so I don’t want this job” to have “common decency”?