Costco workers in Norfolk have unionised and Costco are seething.

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    The capitalist-wage slave relationship structurally is an antagonistic one. A worker cooperative isn’t structurally antagonistic, nor is a democratic socialist state. Whether a form of organizing is hostile depends on the structure/power dynamics of its relationships.

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      10 months ago

      Costco has always been one of the better employers. They should get some credit for that.

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        10 months ago

        shrug I don’t think people are saying otherwise, but what they are saying is unions will make them an even better employer.

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      10 months ago

      For tactical reasons, we don’t always act belligerently toward our employers, but the relationship is still always a belligerent one, structurally.