Apple's union-busting practices violated employee rights at NYC store

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 12:54 AM UTC

philwelch wrote: post #157

pierat wrote: post #131

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Let me make this blatantly clear. I am not advocating "shooting up the bosses house", arson, assault, etc. I AM advocating education, by both employees and companies' legal council. Go study your union history. Teach it to colleagues. Understand your rights as non-union worker and union worker. And, unionize. (A company would consider that violent, given how they respond with illegal actions.) And, you'd be surprised…

> Let me make this blatantly clear. I am not advocating "shooting up the bosses house", arson, assault, etc. So what did you mean by "Maybe they should be reminded?" > I AM advocating education, by both employees and companies' legal council. Reminding people of the "history" that violence and terrorism have (occasionally, arguably) been effective still comes across as an implicit threat. If you were advocating viole…

Post by foxyv » Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 5:26 PM UTC

LegitShady wrote: post #168

foxyv wrote: post #167

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Apple stores started opening in Canada in 2005. This was two years before the introduction of the iPhone.

In like one city maybe. There's a difference between "Started opening" and actually contributing to the success of apple products. I'd bet apple sells many many many more products that they get apple store traffic.

Post by angelbar » Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 8:57 PM UTC

derefr wrote: post #154

KennyBlanken wrote: post #122

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Walmart is infamous for shutting down stores that unionize. This can be particularly devastating to the community because Walmart's whole schtick is to wipe out every other business in the area through "dumping" - flooding the market with stuff sold at a loss until they drive the other companies out of business. So not only do a lot of people in town / the county lose their jobs, but they lose the only place to shop…

Seems like the best game-theoretic strategy for small towns, would be to unionize whatever particular type of retail worker Walmart uses in advance , as a prophylactic to prevent Walmart from ever coming to town.

Post by birdyrooster » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 3:28 PM UTC

willcipriano wrote: post #82

birdyrooster wrote: post #62

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This completely ignores globalization and the fact it was geopolitics that took the jobs away.

The unions were instrumental in getting the people pushing globalism elected.