Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Bosses have hated unions since the start, and they've *really* hated laws protecting ...
Bosses have hated unions since the start, and they've *really* hated laws protecting workers. Dress this up in whatever self-serving rationale you want - "the freedom to contract," or "meritocracy" - it all cashes out to this: when workers bargain collectively, value that would otherwise go to investors and executives goes to the workers.
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