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Where do you want the money to come from to pay these union dues for national sectoral bargaining or national union membership, or for raising burger flipper wages?I don't understand how you conflate stronger union protections with "leader" disenfranchisement. What I'm advocating for is the broadening and strengthening union protections and privileges closer to what they used to be. In this scenario unions are still a market mechanism. People that sign up are literally paying to have somebody advocate and negotiate on their behalf. That's not holding your hand out (unless you're a free-rider in a right to work state) waiting for someone to save you.
I've watched folks on here argue about the minimum wage, that's why I brought up the fact many of the countries with more union participation don't bother to have them. I see no irony in that despite how low union participation is in Florida, they just voted itself a $15 minimum wage.
Having stronger unions is not going to discourage entrepreneurship, or stop leaders from leading, it never has, and never will.
Don't you want that money to come from investors and business people?
Reducing the monetary incentive to be an investor or business person does discourage entrepreneurship, most don't do it for fun.
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Just for transparency to try to better understand each other, I disagree with your use of the term individualism, business and the free market is a team sport, not having unions doesn't make it individualism, even a one man business contains partnerships with customers and vendors. And obviously a multi employee company is not individualism, it is a "company" in the actual traditional use of the word.America isn't better for it, the country is very sick and more right wing rugged individualism won't fix it.
company
[ˈkəmp(ə)nē]
NOUN
a number of individuals gathered together, especially for a particular purpose.
post 58
Don't you think expanding unionism would raise those "quality childcare" rates? Aren't you already a well paid union worker? Were those childcare providers union? If you are a well paid union worker and those childcare providers are "low" paid non-union workers, wouldn't the ratio be even less practical for you if they were unionized?My wife started her business out of necessity. Quality childcare was too expensive, part time work was too low paying, social security will not be enough to survive on. We took the risk out of desperation, not some entrepreneurial spirit.
I appreciate the conversation by the way, thank you. If I didn't respect you I wouldn't be talking to you, I just see things differently and am curious as to how you come to your conclusions.