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Re:Google Employees Demand the End of Forced Arbitration Acr... by smallgovt on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:56PM (#18651861)
I've heard this concept brought up before, but are there real world examples where this has been effective?

It seems to me like any minority form of employee representation on a board (e.g. requiring 1 seat) would just be paying lip service to employees since the majority of the board would still make decisions based on what drives future profits.

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Re:Google Employees Demand the End of Forced Arbitration Acr... by scrumbledober on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:09PM (#18651923)
it's currently law in Germany. As an American I don't have any first hand experience with how well it works out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codetermination_in_Germany

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Re:Google Employees Demand the End of Forced Arbitration Acr... by jamiepenney on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @02:53PM (#18667181)
Harder to hide board decision making process when the employees have a seat at the table though. Might make it easier for employees to organise against problems before they become entrenched decisions.
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