Comment on Labor Unions Are Industrial Policy
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 10 months agoI mean hasn’t it supported the interests of both to some degree, but only when the working class forced it. As a rule, it tends to support business because that is where wealth is concentrated and influence follows. The most substantial gains in worker rights has always been through unions, strikes, civil disobedience, etc. acting as a catalyst for politicians to prioritize the interests of workers over business. In other words, workers need unions to be more powerful than business.
Where are you trying to go though with your questions?
unfreeradical@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You seem to be suggesting that workers should form unions, such that, when the working class develops enough power, it should use the power to press the state to force workers to forn unions.
An essential issue seems to be of circularity.
A further doubt, quite severe, is the meaningfulness of organization among workers who have not sought organization. Unions require active participation from members who believe that being organized is valuable and who conceive of themselves as agents of their own liberation.