nostr:npub1ukcz3c3ek9ugnmrj37cjm2q9gsaqss5j9dqwpqmx0tgkzudsseqqcp40jn (Big) Companies have a lot of power already. Individual workers have considerably less power. Them working together (and forming an union) protects them against the power of companies. Especially big companies.
Actually no, they have far less power than individualsā¦ they cant vote, they get taxed double, they dont have human rights and protections, there is no concept of minimum wage where a company is garunteed to make a minimum amount of money at their ventureā¦. overall large companies have far less rights and powers than individuals. Youāre talking about antitrust and such, but how does that protect the workers? Will they even bother with the individual workers? A sole worker doesnāt have an army of lawyers behind them to do what is right. An union does.
Antitrust protects the worker because it makes it illegal for companies to āunionizeā and fix worker wages. If it werent for anti-trust laws companies could create a coalition and all companies could agree to never pay any of its employees more than minimum wage. Since its a coalition a worker cant just go and quit and work somewhere else, since all companies āunionizedā in this scenario and the wage would be the sameā¦ It stops wage competitionā¦ anti-trust laws make this illegal. I only have to look at the USA and see how things are shit for the workers in anti-Union states. How would that get fixed anytime soon? Individual workers can hardly demand improvements like an union can. They just get fired and other victims get hired.
There are no āanti-unionā states.. unions are legal in all states. No, somehow Iām really not convinced by your arguments. Weāve already got running examples of what you think should have been, and we can see itās not really an improvement to those workers there.
Examples? I know of no place that has what I suggest which is 1) Strong and enforced anti-trust laws 2) Unions are likewise illegal
Unions are currently legal in all states, and anti-trust laws are enforced minimally at best. So no where I know of has these 2 qualities.
nostr:npub1kpwlxpzkxfmuxjmzc2wp3rf9vjg0sgydmlhsnrgqr3maf59h86qqdxxzz4 nostr:npub1ukcz3c3ek9ugnmrj37cjm2q9gsaqss5j9dqwpqmx0tgkzudsseqqcp40jn While unions are ālegalā they are hamstrung in states with āright to workā laws.
You state that businesses donāt vote but they fund Super Pacs that determine who runs. They donāt need to vote. They have economic power that matches or exceeds the political power of the populace.
Unions are an attempt to match the economic power of business.
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No matter how much a business donates to a super pac they still cant dictate even a single vote.. the tohousands of employees votes have far more power than ANY amount of money spent on a super pac.. .which by the way is something people can do too (invest tons of money into super pacs)ā¦ so very poor argument.
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