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by JumpCrisscross 3086 days ago
> if the board had a fiduciary responsibility to employees first and shareholders second, maybe workers would be better off

Oh look, it’s New York City’s MTA [1] and NYPD.

Our society puts consumers first, shareholders second and workers like fiftieth. Moving workers up seems reasonable. Skipping them ahead of shareholders or consumers has, historically, been a predictable failure.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Transportation_...

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Keeping the company alive would be a key benefit for workers, so it couldn't go the way of a public agency where their funding comes from "unlimited free money" (aka, taxpayers)