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by johngladtj 925 days ago
On the contrary, it would simply put both companies and workers on the same standard.

If workers want to use their power to pressure companies, so should companies be able to do the same.

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> On the contrary, it would simply put both companies and workers on the same standard.

If by “same standard” you mean equal footing, then I don’t see how you’d square that circle.

By definition an employer-employee relationship is asymmetrical, so is landlord-tenant, corporations-consumer, doctor-patient, teacher-student, etc.

In all those relationships one has more leverage than the other. Which is why, in most developed nations, there are guardrails in an effort to equalize that relationship.

> If workers want to use their power to pressure companies, so should companies be able to do the same

Yes? Was this disputed?

> If workers want to use their power to pressure companies, so should companies be able to do the same.

Why is that?