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> Employers dont like instability, period. They want continuous, headache-free production. Unions can cause instability. Unions cause cost and bargaining. If
by makeitdouble 2y ago
> Employers dont like instability, period. They want continuous, headache-free production. Unions can cause instability.
Unions cause cost and bargaining.
If all you want is simplicity, stability and throwing money at the problem, instead of dealing with each of your employee's individual asks and try to gauge what's the most common complaint, you deal with a single entity.
Now I'm sure the US have a ton more baggage regarding unions, but we'd then come down to feelings and history, more than arguable reasons.
- lazide 2y agoSome Unions in the US also have a lot of association with the mob, and can sometimes overdo things to everyone’s detriment. It’s a more co-operative, less ‘goose with the golden egg’ type situation in Germany.
- makeitdouble 2y agoMy understanding is that both sides had a lot of association with the mob ? I skooped this article randomly, but I see it as common knowledge that as long as the mob is powerful enough, anyone with money and enough to lose will either be pray or collaborating with mobs: https://deadlinedetroit.com/articles/9488/henry_ford_s_gangster_side_surfaces_in_new_book_on_detroit_in_ww_ii https://deadlinedetroit.com/articles/9488/henry_ford_s_gangs...
- lazide 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike No clean hands, frankly.