Comment on My new company let me join the union on my first day, within their onboarding app
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 months agoAt the expense of profit? If control is preferable to operational stability, why do so many businesses use IT vendors?
frezik@midwest.social 3 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 3 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.
frezik@midwest.social 3 months ago
What I’m saying is that you can’t go to businesses and say “a union will make this whole place run better for everyone” and expect them to take that for an answer. Unions have to fight. Some of those fights have been bloody.
That’s not doomerism, tedious conspiracies, or despair. It’s what has happened already in the history of unions.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 months ago
Of course, union battles are a matter of history. And yes, today the rational agents of global economies often see unionization as a threat, clearly.
I argue that it’s only a threat insofar as it’s a disruptive paradigm. On the whole it’s a more fiscally advantageous schema for all but the monolithic “vertically integrated” international corporations that profit largely from self-dealing (and probably need to be broken up anyway).
You said businesses prioritize “Control” and “Power” over profit — i.e. they are not rational economic agents but despots. It’s a bleak perspective since despots can’t be reasoned with, only overthrown, and moreover it dismisses economic theory entirely.
I’m just weary of the defeatism. I know we’ve been through a lot and many of us are terribly jaded, but giving up is not an option. I want to win.