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c-hendrickslast Friday at 7:15 PM1 replyview on HN

The statement wasn't really pro or against unions. Simply put, if your company can only survive while exploiting its workers it shouldn't survive.

Whether that's due to constant turnover from poor treatment of their employees, or due to union strikes, doesn't change the statement.


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senecalast Friday at 7:21 PM

That's not at all what the statement I replied to says in context.

hellojesus said "There is always the chance that the collective action discounts the impact to the business too heavily and ends up driving the company under, making the outcomes worse for everyone."

popalchemist said "If the company's existence depends on the unfair exploitation of its staff, its foreclosure is inevitable and justified"

That response is implying that the only way the business could go under due to unionization is because the business was formerly exploiting its staff. It's not just pro-union, it's outright zealotry that ignores reality.

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