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I thank the inventors and capitalists for making industry efficient enough to make those things possible. If anything unions are parasitic drag on that.
by beaeglebeachedd 2y ago
I thank the inventors and capitalists for making industry efficient enough to make those things possible. If anything unions are parasitic drag on that.
- wesselbindt 2y agoThat's ahistorical at best. Compare worker's rights in capitalist countries which had strong unions and in ines that didn't and you'll see you're wrong.
- andrepd 2y agoAgain: if it weren't for organised labour those "efficiency gains" would manifest as bigger profits for the owner class, not as better working conditions or more leisure or more money for the working class. As, indeed, we've seen for the past 50 years in the first world: weak organised labour and skyrocketing inequalities between labour and capital.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThis is a bit simple, though, as it discounts the existence of competition. The best job security is other employers, and the best prices come from the existence of other providers.