Everyone should unionize.
It’s the only way I’m aware of to turn this shit into an actual democracy without replacing the economic system.
What does it mean to be an actual democracy to you? I’m genuinely curious
The short answer is employee owned cooperatives. Every employee has voting power.
Democracy in the parts of life close to you, such as at your job.
People who make business impacting decisions cant unionize.
What do you mean? Shareholders?
No… leadership roles, managers, r&d, finance, process engineers, contractors etc. If they have any say in how a company will operate, they cant join a union.
As a process engineer in a union steel mill, can confirm
I’m not sure, highly in demand professions like software developer already have a good amount of bargaining power with employers
Developers have great mobility, yes, but barring a few “key” employees, we’re all pretty replaceable.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if, instead of having to change jobs every 2 - 3 years to get a decent raise, the union just negotiated raises across the board for everyone?
So what? Developers can find a new job. I just moved through a few companies and accepted better offers every time
lol, individual bargaining pales in comparison, is more unequal, and is much more easily weaseled around
Then imagine the bargaining power we’d wield if we had large and strong union. If you lack imagination, consider the example of what the power of collective action achieved during the recent upheaval at Open AI. We prefer being deluded by the fact that we’re getting a better deal than many others, but it’s only as much as corporations can get away with while having us work for them and not put up a lot of fuss.
No we don’t. A select few might but that’s probably true for any profession.
That’s very unexpected! Although knowing someone who worked there, it shouldn’t, I don’t like Wells Fargo but I’m proud of these workers
I hope they deposit their paychecks in accounts with some other institution.
The employees at that branch voted 5 to 3 in favor
It is so painstaking to unionize one branch at a time. There are more than 7000 branches, let alone back offices. The union isn’t trying to get like all the branches in a city at the same time? Maybe a whole call center?
Every journey begins with a first step.
Damn imagine the side eye you’d get being one of the 3 nays
Good, fuck Wells Fargo
Unions aren’t about fucking companies over.
No, but they are about taking power away from corporate management and putting it in the hands of workers.
But companies are about fucking you over
Especially ones like Wells Fargo.
TBH, you both make good points
While positive, it’s about a branch, not Wells Fargo corporat.
Good. I’m not familiar with their grievances, but every employee should have the right to organize and bargain collectively.
They know how corrupt they are. So they should know how much they need a Union.
