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As you correctly point out on a fundamental level unions are just workers of a particular skill organizing to address issues these workers want to see adressed,
by atoav 2y ago
As you correctly point out on a fundamental level unions are just workers of a particular skill organizing to address issues these workers want to see adressed, and by them bekng many they strengthen their bargaining position. Unions can devolve into dysfunctional bureaucratic entities, but so can literally everything else where people come together for a cause — so that is no argument against unions.
Every employee is replaceable, banding together with others that might replace you instead of letting them play you like a fool is a power move.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoI feel like focusing on "workers of a particular skill" is a bit too narrow. A strike could be like... > These people have disabled a critical part of your supply chain and they will restore it if you improve the working conditions for these other people. ...where both groups of people are part of the same union despite having very different jobs. If you can achieve solidarity across sectors, you can strike much more effectively than by merely refusing to work.