seriously though. why do people here have a problem with worker rights and unions? #asknostr
Discussion
Corruption and greed and increasing the cost of labor
who is corrupt and greedy?
Unions
unions are not where you should be looking if you want to find the real corruption, greed and manipulation
But they are a good place to start! And they drive up the costs of good and services
it's a distraction
no, Teachers unions are notorious for keeping bad teachers. Regular work unions have to keep bad employees. The fight for higher pay and benefits is costly to companies
you're generalising from the exception not the rule. also, there's lots of evidence that shows there's actually a high cost to not providing decent pay and benefits to workers.
Depends in what country you live, in some places workers rights and unions are awesome, and have changed the course of human rights and liberty in the work place
Also valid but the incentive structure simply does not cater to those benefits being consistent or unabused for long. Years, decades they'll last, but not forever. Eventually snakes will get into the garden.
In some countries unions tell the government what the conditions are and if they don’t comply with the demands the stop producing, eventually the government gives in because they can’t afford to piss so any people off, these regulations have been around for 50 years or more
I'm sure that is the case in most places but the same can be accomplished via general unity and without compulsory dues. I don't mean to sound pessimistic, maybe there isn't an organization I'm not cynical about. If our governments actually worked for our best interest maybe that would change.
Not worker's rights. Just unions. They're like a government. "Let's pool all our money and power together and that'll make everybody safer," when in reality that statement should actually read "let's pool all our money and power together and expect that to not attract the most sadistic and self absorbed snakes and leaches in the human gene pool." It is counter intuitive in the long arc of history to expect security from the people who want the keys of power the most.
