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"strike proof" industries can mean one of the following: 1. Labor is so automated that you need little to no workers. 2. Workers are exploited and union-buste
by consteval 2y ago
"strike proof" industries can mean one of the following:
1. Labor is so automated that you need little to no workers.
2. Workers are exploited and union-busted to such a degree that they cannot organize.
You'll notice both outcomes are bad for the workers. What you're suggesting is so incredibly one-sided no worker in their right mind would take it up.
This is about compromise, as is all things in life. If your solution is "one side loses heavily and the other side wins everything", you don't have a solution, you have a delusion.
In the long run yes, it would be nice to not require labor, and everyone lives happily ever after. In the short run people suffer. They starve, they live on the streets, they turn to drugs, and they die. If that sounds harsh that's because it is. There's a reason these people are working manual labor jobs and aren't fucking around on a computer for 3 productive hours a day. There's a reason they've "chosen" to toil away for 8+ hours for a comparatively low wage. If you're not considering what happens to them, you're not seeing the problem as a whole.
- lesuorac 2y ago3. Government has made it illegal for you to strike Although I'd argue there should be a 4th 4. You have a negotiated CBA and re-negotiate in advance of it's expiration ...