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This is what one-on-one relationships with our employers gets us (where one-on-one means one worker's relationship to a chain of command, a department for comp
by wahnfrieden 1y ago
This is what one-on-one relationships with our employers gets us
(where one-on-one means one worker's relationship to a chain of command, a department for compensation & benefits, ownership, board, and a network of investors & advisors coordinating on compensation, hiring practices, regulatory politics at a national level)
- soared 1y agoThe alternative is unions correct?
- wahnfrieden 1y agoThere are various ways of organizing
- ghaff 1y agoUnions helped Detroit autoworkers so much. I'm not totally opposed to unions but if people don't want to buy the company's product at the price it's offered for (and costs), they can't sustainably force the company to pay workers more.
- wahnfrieden 1y agoWorkers were not the cause of Detroit's downfall
- ghaff 1y agoNo (primarily--although, at the time there were a lot of rigid work rules that surely didn't help). But they also weren't a solution.
- bdangubic 1y ago“ It is not good management to take profits out of the workers or the buyers; make management produce the profits. Don’t cheapen the product. Don’t cheapen the wage. don’t overcharge the public. Well-managed business pays high wages and sells at low prices. Its workmen have the leisure to enjoy life and the wherewithal with which to finance that enjoyment.” – Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company
- sigwinch 1y agoWho is today’s Henry Ford?
- ghaff 1y agoYou mean the Henry Ford who brought in often violent internal company police to prevent unionization? I imagine there are many modern examples if not to the same degree.
- sigwinch 1y agoOr, the one awarded a cross by Hitler. I can’t tell when someone quotes Ford today, who might they think is today’s Henry Ford.
- dragonwriter 1y ago> This is what one-on-one relationships with our employers gets us Its what an economic slowdown outside of AI gets us, mostly, but yes, unbridled capitalism (with, among other things, neither unionization in the industry under consideration nor strong public protection of labor rights) magnifies that (it also, to be fair, magnifies the upswing in employment on the upward side of the business cycle, but, it also magnifies the adverse consequences of unemployment on either side.)
- rvz 1y agoExactly. These employers are not your friends and it's all a political game with your role and your manager.