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Costco workers in Norfolk have unionised and Costco are seething.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The capitalist-wage slave relationship structurally is an antagonistic one. A worker cooperative isn’t structurally antagonistic, nor is a democratic socialist state. Whether a form of organizing is hostile depends on the structure/power dynamics of its relationships.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Costco has always been one of the better employers. They should get some credit for that.

[–] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

shrug I don't think people are saying otherwise, but what they are saying is unions will make them an even better employer.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

For tactical reasons, we don’t always act belligerently toward our employers, but the relationship is still always a belligerent one, structurally.