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Re:The gig economy is quietly undermining a century of worke... by burfog on Sunday April 28, 2019 @02:51PM (#19772911)
Unionization is well beyond freedom of association. It's freedom to enforce a monopoly. Can you be consistent, having no objections if others do that too? For example:

Airlines form their own sort of union. (we might call it a cartel) They decide to agree on prices instead of competing. Prices double.

Fueling stations do likewise. They agree that gasoline should be $12 per gallon.

Cell phone providers decide that you should pay $1 per megabyte. They all agree, being in their union, that they won't work for less.

Good?

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Re:The gig economy is quietly undermining a century of worke... by telchar on Sunday April 28, 2019 @03:21PM (#19773109)
There are only a few companies in each of the industries you mentioned while there are millions of workers. There is already huge asymmetry in power and organization. You completely gloss over that fact.
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