The reason so many companies fight against labor unions is not necessary the financial aspect. They often spend more money fighting than they would negotiating. The primary reason is that worker organization threatens the very existence of the managerial and ownership class.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7d23332f-106f-4681-979d-538a38588378/the-reason-so-many-companies-fight-against-labor-unions-is-not-necessary-the-financial-aspect.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:03:14 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 15:05:14 GMT60@Steve @benlockwood „These plebs dare” doesn’t stretch past midnight.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/slotos/statuses/116569401222148573https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/slotos/statuses/116569401222148573Wed, 13 May 2026 21:31:44 GMT@benlockwood @Guillotine_Jones I have wondered about the $ aspect…thanks

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://queer.cool/users/revndm/statuses/116569171595283729https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://queer.cool/users/revndm/statuses/116569171595283729Wed, 13 May 2026 20:33:20 GMT@Steve @benlockwood The mere existence of a union lowers investor interest in the company, thus also the value of restricted stock. That's even more important than the next quarterly earnings report, because it dips straight into the top managers' pockets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ptesarik/statuses/116568970372517882https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ptesarik/statuses/116568970372517882Wed, 13 May 2026 19:42:10 GMT@benlockwood Unnecessary classes run into this problem all the time.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116494732682004062/statuses/116568919815105084https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116494732682004062/statuses/116568919815105084Wed, 13 May 2026 19:29:18 GMT@benlockwood Truth. Powell's Books spent quite a bit more fighting a union than they ever would have otherwise.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/YakyuNightOwl/statuses/116568535438765517https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/YakyuNightOwl/statuses/116568535438765517Wed, 13 May 2026 17:51:33 GMT@benlockwood Note also that a trade union isn't just about fighting for the material interests of its members / the workers. It is also an information channel directly to the workers not owned by the ownership class, undermining the oligopoly of corporate mainstream media.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/116568465080665785https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/116568465080665785Wed, 13 May 2026 17:33:40 GMT@benlockwood To be clear, I'm using "long-term" to mean anything past the next quarterly earnings report.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/Steve/statuses/116568187971662812https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/Steve/statuses/116568187971662812Wed, 13 May 2026 16:23:11 GMT@Steve Maybe. You could also argue that capitalists view worker organization as the more immediate (short term) threat

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/benlockwood/statuses/116568182968472761https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/benlockwood/statuses/116568182968472761Wed, 13 May 2026 16:21:55 GMT@benlockwood This establishes that capitalism *can* think long term, but it usually chooses not to.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/Steve/statuses/116568155962578987https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/Steve/statuses/116568155962578987Wed, 13 May 2026 16:15:03 GMT@benlockwood Pretty convinced that 95% of the pushback against unions is "how dare you think you peons can tell me what I can make you do"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116567892798259726https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116567892798259726Wed, 13 May 2026 15:08:07 GMT