Seriously in Europe many investment funds activly go to the unions and ask which problems the company have. They are often better informed and honest then the normal management. They also have an obvious intresst in keeping the company around.
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Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 months ago
No joke, I see this becoming more common. They’re even doing it the way I imagined: straight up integrated with onboarding.
Maybe it’s an outspoken prediction, that in the future many more businesses will prefer a unionized workforce, but I think a number of current societal and market vectors would suggest that trend. In particular, consider the variety of HR-related logistics, liabilities, and relational concerns of a modern business that amount to operational overhead. You can likely imagine ways that unions might simplify, stabilize, or fully externalize that friction, such that the increased productivity outweighs higher labor expenses, similar to the way efficiency wages in labor economics can ultimately reduce turnover related expenses. That’s just one way unions could become an attractive solution to employers and employees alike.
At any rate, it’s what I would prefer if I needed to hire W2s, to the extent that I’d be willing to help spin up local chapters if necessary, and it only takes a handful of successful examples to accelerate labor trends.
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 months ago
That is fascinating. It makes a lot of sense. They’re safe to point out when the emperor has no clothes.
frezik@midwest.social 2 months ago
Unions have long made businesses run better. They don’t fight unionization efforts because of profit. They do it because of control.
aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Unions help to fight inflation and price gouging as well. Unions are good for the entirety of any economy in which they exist. There are decades upon decades of independent and government funded research that supports this.
theconversation.com/unions-do-hurt-profits-but-no…
home.treasury.gov/…/labor-unions-and-the-us-econo…
www.epi.org/publication/unions-and-well-being/
orcrist@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s important to remember that “they” is specific people with varying goals. Similarly, merely saying “profit” doesn’t tell us anything about where the money is going.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 months ago
At the expense of profit? If control is preferable to operational stability, why do so many businesses use IT vendors?
frezik@midwest.social 2 months ago
They still have a leaver on outside vendors. And yes, power is ultimately their goal. If there’s a conflict between power and profit, they choose power.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 months ago
OK just so we’re crystal, I’m only interested in fixing what’s broken. I have no time for doomerism, tedious conspiracies, or despair.