Corporations have the power to hire and fire people - the ability to arbitrarily remove income and potentially blacklist an employee. There are very few actions an employee can take over their termination unless one can show invidious circumstances. That is a fact of the system, one that can be easily abused.
Unions formed in response to that perceived or real unfairness. Although some very large unions can force companies to hire only union members, that is merely a consequence of overgrowth, which is dealt with by strike breakers and negotiations.
However, if one gives corporations, which are purely operating in the interests of a highly select few who pay your wages (as opposed to being a member or not in a small/medium sized union merely determining if your part of collective bargaining and nothing else), additional power, then you've upset the balance.
Unions (excepting the very large) operate on membership dues, like a Social Club. Their money comes from the members and that is it.
Corporations, on the other hand, have the FULL resources of all of their workers, union or not. Since large areas of industry are nonunionized, one has effectively given a large body of corporations additional power in uncontested circumstances.
In addition, I want to point this out:
The Union does not pay you.
The Corporation pays you.
You vote and contribute your own money to the Union if you are a member.
The Corporation (now) will spend profits, profits that would be diverted to expenses or salaries, and by extension, your work, to finance campaigns without your say.
You can live without a union. You cannot live without your work.
Therefore, corporations are given a free check to fund and influence campaigns that would be against the worker's best interests without their consent, with the only solution being to leave and suffer considerable financial punishment. Leaving a union (except in a few specific cases) won't have you deprived of an income.
No, my solution for restraining wayward unions is not fascist. Here's how you restrain overly powerful unions:
Make "union only" shops illegal. - This allows workers who don't want to be part of a union to work. It doesn't prevent them from joining a union - it just prevents unions from forcing people to join them.
Ooooohhhh. Sooo scaaaaary....
Unions formed in response to that perceived or real unfairness. Although some very large unions can force companies to hire only union members, that is merely a consequence of overgrowth, which is dealt with by strike breakers and negotiations.
However, if one gives corporations, which are purely operating in the interests of a highly select few who pay your wages (as opposed to being a member or not in a small/medium sized union merely determining if your part of collective bargaining and nothing else), additional power, then you've upset the balance.
Unions (excepting the very large) operate on membership dues, like a Social Club. Their money comes from the members and that is it.
Corporations, on the other hand, have the FULL resources of all of their workers, union or not. Since large areas of industry are nonunionized, one has effectively given a large body of corporations additional power in uncontested circumstances.
In addition, I want to point this out:
The Union does not pay you.
The Corporation pays you.
You vote and contribute your own money to the Union if you are a member.
The Corporation (now) will spend profits, profits that would be diverted to expenses or salaries, and by extension, your work, to finance campaigns without your say.
You can live without a union. You cannot live without your work.
Therefore, corporations are given a free check to fund and influence campaigns that would be against the worker's best interests without their consent, with the only solution being to leave and suffer considerable financial punishment. Leaving a union (except in a few specific cases) won't have you deprived of an income.
No, my solution for restraining wayward unions is not fascist. Here's how you restrain overly powerful unions:
Make "union only" shops illegal. - This allows workers who don't want to be part of a union to work. It doesn't prevent them from joining a union - it just prevents unions from forcing people to join them.
Ooooohhhh. Sooo scaaaaary....
