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by gok 2781 days ago
For better or worse, company-owned unions like those in Europe are strictly illegal under the NLRA. What you're hoping for would require a dramatic rewriting of US labor laws.
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Where did you get the idea that unions in Europe are company owned? This is ludicrous on its face.

If you're refering to the concept of the German Betriebsrat[1] that has nothing to do with being owned by the company, but with union represenation in the high echelons of big companies.

The entire idea of an union being company owned would pretty much render such an entity useless.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_council

Read the United States section of the article you linked.