After the UAW won contracts with the Big Three, it's seeking to unionize 150,000 workers across a dozen companies including Tesla.

‘Your Turn’: United Auto Workers Launches Campaign to Unionize Tesla::After the UAW won contracts with the Big Three, it’s seeking to unionize 150,000 workers across a dozen companies including Tesla.

  • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Corruption exists in corporate structures, too. Perhaps even especially in corporate structures.

    Unions provide a counterbalance to the leverage a company has over its employees, plain and simple.

    Neither structure (unions or corporations) is meant to eliminate corruption, but having both means the power differential is balanced, and one can’t steamroll the other.

    • Djad2410@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Correct again, but is a union needed in every situation and how do a corporation counter balance a union

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
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        1 year ago

        A union that abuses their power risks the company becoming unprofitable and forcing layoffs. A company that abuses the union risks the union going on strike. They hold each other accountable. They have a mutual interest in the continuation of the company, and they negotiate within the bounds of that reality.

        Beyond this, the law places strict limits on the right to strike, and will make the union liable if they break those limits.

        Unions are an essential part of a healthy labor market, even if you yourself are not a part of one.