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The unions for doctors and lawyers aren't really the same thing as "normal" unions. They're more advocacy based. The unions for teachers exist because teachers
by namdnay 14y ago
The unions for doctors and lawyers aren't really the same thing as "normal" unions. They're more advocacy based.
The unions for teachers exist because teachers are (wrongly IMHO) considered by their employer to be in the parents poster's category. If teachers weren't considered a commodity I think they would have less need for unions.
And professional athletes unions are usually restrained to sports where the employers are a cartel (or even a single entity). The cartel phenomenon is similar in the case of actors.
- hkmurakami 14y agoAnd professional athletes unions are usually restrained to sports where the employers are a cartel (or even a single entity). The cartel phenomenon is similar in the case of actors. Interesting point about the employer cartel, since the SV Tech Giants (Google, Apple, etc.) were outed as colluding to keep salaries down and not poach employees from one another earlier this year. Maybe that is a starting point for grounds to consider unionizing? Maybe?
- namdnay 14y agoI agree, if the companies collude to keep salaries down there is no reason employees should not collude to keep them up.