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Just after a successful union vote in Quebec, Amazon decided to close all warehouses in the province. There’s lots of ways to send messages to workers.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7438078

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Yes but this only works once. If they close in another province they will open themselves up to steep competition. They may already be doing so, but they probably consider the risk in this case to outweigh the cost.

The richest city in the US (Detroit) was completely obliterated by unions. Companies are terrified of unions, and will spend tens of millions now to avoid losing hundreds of millions later. Worst part is all those losses don’t even go to the employees, the losses form through lost productivity.

I honestly wouldn’t be upset to see the NRLB go away; it was a good experiment but we now conclusively know it hurts workers.

Companies themselves should join employer unions just like employees join worker unions.

Those care called cartels, and they're illegal for good reason.

Employer unions and cartels are decidedly legally distinct. The former is an accepted type of formal organisation whereas the latter is illegal.

Bold statements require proof. Please tell us how unions killed Detroit.

There is nothing bold about that statement, it's the generally accepted history of Detroit.

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