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Re:Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives and Why ... by guywithahat on Sunday August 11, 2019 @11:04PM (#20672063)
This feels like it was written by someone who’s only knowledge about history comes from Howard Zinn books.

Unions haven’t fallen out of favor because of evil powerful people, they fell out of favor because they ultimately hurt employees more than they help them

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Re:Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives and Why ... by Animats on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:43AM (#20673346)
Varies enormously by country.[1] Government policy and labor law enforcement has a very strong influence over union membership.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/06/20/which-...

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