Re:Apple 'created decoy labor group' to derail unionization
by Zigurd on Sunday December 18, 2022 @02:25PM
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This is an Americanism. Where workers councils are used effectively, it is alongside a unionized workforce, and these councils are created with the union as a partner. Only in America, where "right to work" means the right to dilute union power, would a sham union be legalized instead of prosecuted as a fraud.
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Re:Apple 'created decoy labor group' to derail unionization
by zdragnar on Sunday December 18, 2022 @04:21PM
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Actually, isn't "right to work" is the standard for most European countries? Forcing workers to join a particular union as a condition of being hired (or compulsory payment of dues without even joining) is the standard in the US but illegal elsewhere.
Re:Apple 'created decoy labor group' to derail unionization
by svenpeter on Sunday December 18, 2022 @05:22PM
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I work at a unionized company in Germany and didn’t have to join the union or pay any dues to start working.
Technically employees who aren’t part of the union aren’t entitled to the benefits they negotiated. In reality everyone gets the same benefits anyway because otherwise the employer would create a huge incentive for everyone to join the union which would make strikes hurt even more.