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   shonin (shonin@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2024 05:00:03 JST shonin

   Costco Employees Just Voted to Unionize. The Company's Response Is Remarkable | Inc.com

   https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/costco-employees-vote-unionize-company-response-remarkable.html

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     King Kaufman (kingkaufman@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2024 04:59:59 JST King Kaufman

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     @chiraag @mloxton @shonin

     Exactly. I object to the whole premise of both the Costco letter and the article, though the letter is better than the usual corporate response of trying to fire people who maybe have a thought about organizing.

     "This is a great way to begin your response to employees telling you there is a problem -- which is what unionizing is."

     Bullshit. Unionizing is organizing to balance out the power relationship. There doesn't need to be a problem to unionize.

     Every worker should be in a union. That way, if there ever IS a problem, you don't have to say "Damn, I wish there was someone on my side."

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     ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him) (chiraag@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2024 05:00:00 JST ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)

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     @mloxton @shonin Or maybe because whether or not your employer is looking out for you, representation and a seat at the table should be a given? Like, unionization has nothing to do with whether workers have a negative or positive attitude towards their employer, necessarily. Rather, it's that workers deserve a seat at the table no matter _what_ the company is like.

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     Matthew Loxton (mloxton@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2024 05:00:02 JST Matthew Loxton

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     I so get and support what the Costco CEO said - if your workers vote to unionize, that is a suggestion that management had failed in making it a safe and empowering environment. The way to prevent unions is to make them unnecessary, because people unionize when they lose trust in management to have their best interests at heart.

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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 07:14:28 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     • Matthew Loxton
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     @kingkaufman @chiraag @mloxton @shonin

     I'm just wondering what that says about Costco: whether their slightly more progressive pay scales and treatment of their workers really are a reflection of core progressive corporate values; or just a temporary phase designed to fend off the threat of their workers unionizing, and possibly subject to be withdrawn in the future in favor of the closed fisted smash-mouth antiunion tactics of Walmart/Sam's Club in the future?