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Originally Posted by Azure
This thread is pointless of course if you don't believe any of those things exist in a non-unionized workplace.
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And you honestly don't see the influence of unions on the existence of safety laws, wage laws, etc. in non-unionized workplaces? Employees are resources. Unions created environments where there more attractive and lucrative positions for these resources. Non-unionized companies had to respond by creating better workplaces as a means of retaining their employees.
Hypothetically speaking, what do you think would happen if unions disappeared? Would everything go on just smoothly, with the economy rapidly gaining steam and everyone involved becoming much wealthier? Or do you the private-sector might try to remove some of the legislation that can be attributed to unions (i.e. minimum wage, standard work hours, holidays, etc.)?