So many smart people here who are passionate about labor. Just make that into your company from day 1!
As a business owner I would never do this. But you could do that yourselves without coercing me into them!
So many smart people here who are passionate about labor. Just make that into your company from day 1!
As a business owner I would never do this. But you could do that yourselves without coercing me into them!
The only way for labor to get a square deal is through a union. The fact is obvious because large corporations do everything possible to try and prevent their labor from unionizing.
You may be a good person running a business that respects your employees and if you are, I have no issue with you. But if you’re someone stocking the shelves at Home Depot or working in an Amazon warehouse you aren’t respected by your employer and you aren’t getting a square deal.
Honestly you get more protections if they are part of a recognized union than if their only choice is a wildcat action.
In fact, in the US (and many other countries), it's illegal to do so.
Even more fundamentally though, why should your employees care about your property? If you're worse off but they're better off, they should do it. Your wellbeing doesn't enter into the decision, just as their wellbeing doesn't enter into yours.
Property rights are the foundation of civilization. Please - go start your own commune as so many fantasists have and see how well it goes. I prefer to own my own stuff and keep thieves from taking it.
Nothing stops you from operating a business at full personal liability. As a worker, I would never do this, but you can do it yourselves without coercing me into supporting the existence of liability-shielding legal entities with more power than ordinary humans.
See how you can kinda do that with anything, so it's not very convincing?
That freedom is a two-way street, and it's equally true that nothing stops labour from coming together to bargain collectively. In fact, in the US and many other countries, that freedom is explicitly enshrined in law.