Perhaps we should follow the German model where large stakes in public companies are actually mandatory to be owned by the employees so they have a more direct say in workplace democracy by default.
While there are times where government needs to step in and force things, I'm cautious about presuming it.
Workers in the US are free to get together and argue (without a union) for a group or general pay increase. Workers can as a group walk off the job. Workers are free to quit at any time.
Voting with your feet is the most democratic thing we have.
And employers can ignore workers or fire them. If the company ignores too much or fires too many, then the company will suffer.
IME, that works much better than using the law to privilege either side.
> Workers can as a group walk off the job. Workers are free to quit at any time.
Have you ever actually studied a labor action? How it happens? The power dynamic is vastly in the employers favor. By far the majority fail or are outright broken by targeted firings, strike breaking, etc.
> IME, that works much better than using the law to privilege either side.
You're begging the question that it currently doesn't favor a side.
Workers in the US are free to get together and argue (without a union) for a group or general pay increase. Workers can as a group walk off the job. Workers are free to quit at any time.
Voting with your feet is the most democratic thing we have.
And employers can ignore workers or fire them. If the company ignores too much or fires too many, then the company will suffer.
IME, that works much better than using the law to privilege either side.