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by taurath 701 days ago
When life is working out for folks and they make a decent income, they tend not to complain or want to rock the boat so as not to risk things. Can’t think of anything that would risk ones income capability more than being seen by companies as a union organizer - retribution is illegal but can’t be enforced, so it is de facto legal. See: starbucks suddenly closing all the stores that decided to unionize.

People who own companies are not known for being nice but the best way to get the full force and fury of a billion dollars arrayed against you is to suggest unionization.

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It’s interesting how much effort, and money is put into combating unions instead of developing a healthy relationship.
> the best way to get the full force and fury of a billion dollars arrayed against you is to suggest unionization

Even if you didn’t personally think it’d be useful for you, that should make you reconsider?