U.S. employers spend roughly $1.7 billion a year on union avoidance consultants and law firms to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions, according to a new Economic Policy Institute and LaborLab report. Union avoidance consultants often work to prevent a union election from taking place—and if that fails,…
  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    23·
    3 days ago

    Which is exactly why unions need to be legally protected.
    The power balance between employer and employee is not equal.

    • pticrix@lemmy.ca
      2·
      3 days ago

      Whoa there, Nelly. Have you thought about those poor people in the union avoidance industry? You want to take their bread and butter and third homes? What about the GDP, did you think about the GDP?

      • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        What about the GDP, did you think about the GDP?

        Money actually moving around the economy grows the GDP. Money accumulating at the top actually slows economic expansion.