Wells Fargo employees vote in favor of unionization, a first for major US bank
Wells Fargo employees vote in favor of unionization, a first for major US bank
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Wells Fargo employees vote in favor of unionization
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That’s very unexpected! Although knowing someone who worked there, it shouldn’t, I don’t like Wells Fargo but I’m proud of these workers
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I hope they deposit their paychecks in accounts with some other institution.
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The employees at that branch voted 5 to 3 in favor
It is so painstaking to unionize one branch at a time. There are more than 7000 branches, let alone back offices. The union isn't trying to get like all the branches in a city at the same time? Maybe a whole call center?
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Do you think unions wanted to run hundreds of separate campaigns at the ~300 Starbucks who have successfully voted to unionized (who Starbucks has refused to sign a single contract with)? They aren't stupid and are grinding it out against absolute fucking goliaths one address at a time.
Just because one burger king on street A votes to unionize doesn't mean that another a block over would want to, and you also have to take into account many industries operate on franchise models so their employers may have only some similarities. Employers have desperately tried to build a wall between corporate and ownership ties when it comes to unions to prevent precisely what you suggest; mass unionization possibilities.
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Every journey begins with a first step.
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Damn imagine the side eye you'd get being one of the 3 nays
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While positive, it's about a branch, not Wells Fargo corporat.
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Good. I'm not familiar with their grievances, but every employee should have the right to organize and bargain collectively.
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They know how corrupt they are. So they should know how much they need a Union.
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Everyone should unionize.
It's the only way I'm aware of to turn this shit into an actual democracy without replacing the economic system.
What does it mean to be an actual democracy to you? I'm genuinely curious
I'm not sure, highly in demand professions like software developer already have a good amount of bargaining power with employers
Tell that to the hundreds of thousands of tech employees laid off during record profits in the tech industry
Then imagine the bargaining power we'd wield if we had large and strong union. If you lack imagination, consider the example of what the power of collective action achieved during the recent upheaval at Open AI. CEO replacement, changes to the board of directors. Wow! We prefer being deluded by the fact that we're getting a better deal than many others, but it's only as much as corporations can get away with while having us work for them and not put up a lot of fuss. We saw the swift switch of attitude over the last year once they figured they had a few more workers than they needed.
No we don't. A select few might but that's probably true for any profession.
Developers have great mobility, yes, but barring a few "key" employees, we're all pretty replaceable.
Wouldn't it be awesome if, instead of having to change jobs every 2 - 3 years to get a decent raise, the union just negotiated raises across the board for everyone?
lol, individual bargaining pales in comparison, is more unequal, and is much more easily weaseled around
People who make business impacting decisions cant unionize.
What do you mean? Shareholders?