Comment on There's a steep decline in pay compared to the value workers add to the economy, closely tracking the fall in union membership.
walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
what alternatives to unions exist that might be better in the modern day
alternative? you think that union membership has declined just because they were bad and not because of a concerted effort to try and destroy them?
union membership has declined just because they were bad
kind of, they can be coercive and also can be taken over and not represent what people want, and also haven’t certain laws neutralized them a bit?
I mean some alternatives that come to mind are people just switch jobs, or create businesses I guess
People could organize without it having to be a “union”, and I guess some have
orrk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
alternative? you think that union membership has declined just because they were bad and not because of a concerted effort to try and destroy them?
walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
kind of, they can be coercive and also can be taken over and not represent what people want, and also haven’t certain laws neutralized them a bit?
I mean some alternatives that come to mind are people just switch jobs, or create businesses I guess
People could organize without it having to be a “union”, and I guess some have