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by phront 2853 days ago
Not sure about it but why do they want to establish a union? History teaches us that trade unions are mafia-like structures. The cure that is much worse than the desease.
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It's interesting. When I think of unions, I think of corruption. But when I think of "Gewerkschaft" (simply the German word for union) I think of worker protection.
> History teaches us that trade unions are mafia-like structures.

Not the history that I learned. That's the kind of quip you get off of libertarian blogs. The real world labor movement was just a wee bit more nuanced and important. We're literally about to celebrate Labor Day for a reason that doesn't have much to do with "mafia-like structures".