Poll: On unions, are you for or against and do you thing they are currently reviving or dying?
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first read this as "On onions" and I was like "who killed onions, this is terrible"
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Unions today are either (1) outdated social infrastructure from a bygone era in older industries (like auto) or (2) a slow-motion murder-suicide by labor when management won't negotiate reasonably.
In properly managed orgs, neither labor nor mgmt wants unions.
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There is no better check against inequality and plutocracy than unions. Like ‘em or not, we need them now.
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The best unions in the world, for the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, are just getting richer and stronger.
Manufacturing unions died with manufacturing work.
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having thought about this for a while, including having one as a client for a decade, i think there is definitely a role for them but the discourse around them is totally impoverished
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I’m actually not binary pro or against, but think in certain limited circumstances it is beneficial (eg unskilled labor, big employer with strong negotiating power, and high friction cost for employees)
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They were a good idea (to shift market power to workers) when labor was scarce. In modern industry labor is surplus so they have no leverage. But, if we enter a low wage service economy, they're good again.









