[kmeisthax]

Unfortunately, the other side of the negotiating table either already has a mafia-style cartel pushing your wages down[0], or is a monopsony already. Consolidation in one industry means everyone who does business with them either consolidates or has their margins go negative. Unions are just the working-class equivalent.

As for "mafia-style"... I mean, are we calling Hayao Miyazaki a mob boss now?

[0] Remember back in 2010 when Steve Jobs and Larry Page formed a wage fixing cartel?

[ekianjo]

wage fixing to limit the number of figures in existing 6 figures salaries in Silicon Valley? Please, don't make me cry.

[Arainach]

This is a problem in all industries.

There's media companies literally trying to starve out striking workers: https://www.lendingtree.com/personal/medical-debt-statistics...

There's the biggest kind of theft, wage theft: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-u...

On and on, this applies to everyone in every industry.