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by YetAnotherMatt 2197 days ago
>>is what we're seeing today just a passing trend or a fundamental shift?

Facebook advertised to Walmart with union busting capabilities. Walmart has a union busting history going back 50 years minimum.

Looking at public opinion on unions, it seems to be rising the past few years, while membership keeps going down (in the US).

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> Facebook advertised to Walmart with union busting capabilities. Walmart has a union busting history going back 50 years minimum.

I am pretty certain this particular feature went the other way around: Facebook has to work very hard to retain customers on Workplace, because they're competing against Microsoft (who have extremely deep pockets, and arguably a better product in many regards).

I'm willing to bet Walmart went to Facebook and told them to implement this feature, or they'd jump ship. Certainly that's what's happened with other Workplace features in the past, such as the ability to control access for hourly employees.