PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to unions@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoUnions don't owe their existence to labor laws. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded - and got - labor law.pluralistic.netexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down10cross-posted to: pluralistic@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkUnions don't owe their existence to labor laws. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded - and got - labor law.pluralistic.netPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to unions@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: pluralistic@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoDefinitely seems to be going the latter way right now
Definitely seems to be going the latter way right now