From the article: Amazon Labor Union workers have joined forces with one of biggest unions in the US, hoping to get Amazon to the bargaining table.
They wouldn’t have to do this if Amazon just paid more. Do investment bankers have a union? Do they work long hours? I wonder why? ($$$)
I would say it has more to do with the size of a pool of candidates. If an Amazon warehouse employee is not happy Amazon can fire them and get another one. If an investment banker is not happy the company will accommodate them.
As a software engineer though, while I’m not paid as an investment banker I still feel like I’m paid well, I think my job would be better if it was unionized.
Unions help workers in all positions, but their effect is more noticeable when the worker has comparatively little bargaining power. When workers already have a large amount of bargaining power, such as in most white-collar jobs, unions don’t provide as many benefits than if workers have very little bargaining power and are easily replaced, such as in most jobs involving physical labour rather than mental labour.
Well sure, if oligarchs paid fair, we wouldn’t need unions.
But they don’t. So we do.
