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by DylanDmitri 611 days ago
The union could hold shares in a trust, pledging not to sell. Then vote with the shares, and distribute any dividends through to the workers.
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How does that fix the issue? For every marginal dollar the workers would rather receive the entirety of that (through wages) than for that same dollar to be paid out as profit to shareholders, of which they'd only get a fraction.
I think you’ve just invented the ESOP.