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Re:Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers have unionized by alexpetralia on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @01:57PM (#21923481)
Your assumption of "free markets" is a mythical one.
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Re:Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers have unionized by baddox on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @02:07PM (#21923584)
Regardless, labor unions would be a feature of any conceptualization of free markets I’ve ever heard of. In what sense is cooperation and organization not compatible with a free market?
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Re:Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers have unionized by erik_seaberg on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @02:27PM (#21923823)
If an employer could negotiate with unions competing for a contract, the outcome might be a market-clearing price for labor. Enforce a monopoly for a single union, and the only possible responses are capitulate or leave, with outcomes that look like Detroit.
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Re:Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers have unionized by pjc50 on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @02:38PM (#21923975)
That's a valid argument against "closed shop" unions, which is a reasonable discussion to have; but we started this thread with banning unions tout court.
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Re:Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers have unionized by walshemj on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @03:00PM (#21924214)
A Union is a Union not a employment agency
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