• maplesaga@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 hours ago

    Sure I’d say unionization is eroded by mass immigration and capital shallowing, wouldnt you?

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      10 hours ago

      No I wouldn’t. I would say unionization is eroded through various union busting strategies as practiced as far back as the 19th century. The incentives to bust unions operate on individual firm level and do not require any other macro level phenomena to explain. Firms bust unions because unions increase wages and higher wages reduce profits.

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        15 minutes ago

        Canadian government does PLENTY of union busting. Firms and government are completely aligned on this.

        Government does everything it can to keep canadian wages low to attract business. Corporations are more likely to invest extract from Canada if the government of Canada undermines fair negotiations and writes back to work legislation every time and stomps all over its citizens’rights.

        The AC union fought back and ignored back to work orders. They had huge support among Canadians. They were then quietly taken out back and shot by the Canadian government and its arbitration.

        https://www.reddit.com/r/aircanada/comments/1r7jj82/arbitration_over_for_flight_attendants/