Cory Doctorow on Nostr: I'm not just talking about wages here. If an employer is forced - by a union, or by a ...
I'm not just talking about wages here. If an employer is forced - by a union, or by a labor law that only exists because of union militancy - to operate a safe workplace, they have to spend money on things like fire suppression, PPE, and paid breaks to avoid repetitive strain injuries. In the absence of some force that corrals bosses into providing these safety measures, they can use that money to pay themselves, and externalize the cost of on-the-job injuries to their workers.
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