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by beckman466 1786 days ago
> creating unions is an attempt at monopolizing labor to extort the employer. When this tactic is applied to any other factor of production it is called a “cartel” and engaged in “market manipulation.”

Wow, I’m not even gonna comment on this first paragraph. I only have one question: do you live in the US?

> How surprising that employers who pay above-market wages do not wish to be extorted further.

Employers in our current system always pay their employees less than what they produce for them, it’s called profit.

Are you really claiming that tech workers extort Silicon Valley companies because they get paid a lot of money? Wow I didn’t expect that argument.