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Re:Change.org workers form a union by sokoloff on Thursday July 01, 2021 @03:14PM (#27703259)
OK, since you asked: Why did their membership in a union not preclude this outcome, given that one of the purported benefits of unions is to prevent such outcomes?
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Re:Change.org workers form a union by goodpoint on Thursday July 01, 2021 @03:51PM (#27703767)
This is like asking "why did greenpeace not preclude climate change".

Because that behavior is widespread across the whole industry, across many countries and across 4/5 decades:

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

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

Unions, just like any other non-governative organization, are just as powerful as people support them.

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