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[–] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what alternatives to unions exist that might be better in the modern day

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

alternative? you think that union membership has declined just because they were bad and not because of a concerted effort to try and destroy them?

[–] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

union membership has declined just because they were bad

kind of, they can be coercive and also can be taken over and not represent what people want, and also haven't certain laws neutralized them a bit?

I mean some alternatives that come to mind are people just switch jobs, or create businesses I guess

People could organize without it having to be a "union", and I guess some have