Comment by 0-O-0
6 years ago
> union is something the workers create and run
I just assume that it's almost never going to be the case.
It might look like it's created by worker, but it's created by a sub group of workers which is unhappy with a status quo. This effort will be led by even smaller sub group of activists that have a drive and skillset to organise and weasel into a leadership positions.
Worker run union seems to be even more implausible. It's going to be run by a managerial body composed of said activists, which I absolutely expect to be self-serving, rent seeking and, well, parasitic. Occasionally their interests will coincide with interests of workers they represent, but that will be just some happy accidents.
Unions are run by the members
In theory. In practice unions are run by union leadership. Who are elected. But then again so is Congress and the President - and we know how that works out.
I think that's quite different. Congress has 435 people representing 325 million. A union local can be just a couple hundred people.
Just like democracies are run by the voters?
True in principle, but rarely in practice.