Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize
by kmonsen on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:23PM
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I was a union rep when working in Norway, I guess it was open-shop since we had two different unions. In practice we cooperated a lot, and the largest benefit was the it gave us access to lawyers that could answer questions quickly so the members were more willing to push back on unreasonable requests. We were never close to going to a lawsuit against the company, it was more "hey this is breaking the law, how do we work together to fix it".
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Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize
by oblio on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:32PM
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> We were never close to going to a lawsuit against the company, it was more "hey this is breaking the law, how do we work together to fix it".
Yeah, but the article is about the US, were they invented the Pinkertons instead of addressing employee grievances :-)
Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize
by ch4s3 on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:27PM
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That’s hardly unique or even the night of 19th/20th century anti-Union violence.
Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize
by kmonsen on Sunday April 03, 2022 @02:10PM
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There were pretty bad anti-union activity back in the day in Norway as well. The army was used to squash strikes.
These days not so much. I think part of the reason Norway works is that it has gotten past the insane hostility and there is not the all or nothing mentality. For example there is free healthcare, but there is also private insurance and hospitals if you want better care from a private provider. I think for a capitalistic society (and I don't think we have a better way yet), being able to have options is a must.