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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by benihana on Sunday March 22, 2015 @05:37PM (#9248361)
>If you formed a union at your workplace, you and your colleagues would get to decide the rules like that.

Only if someone before me hadn't decided them first. And even if I decide them, what about the people who come after me? They're forever beholden to the context that I created the rules under.

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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by mch82 on Sunday March 22, 2015 @06:34PM (#9248543)
Rules and leadership get renegotiated periodically, just like a company's board of directors and shareholder ballot initiatives are voted on periodically. A rule set is not a permanent structure.
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Re:The decline in unionization has fed the rise in incomes a... by peteypao on Sunday March 22, 2015 @10:08PM (#9249137)
Except that it is. How likely are the current rules going to be completely revised? It would probably takes countless years for anything to change.
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