I have always been a big supporter of but lately I have been second-guessing that and debating with myself if I might actually change my views to be against unions....

My thinking is simple.. I am a huge supporter of anti-trust laws. Essentially I dont think companies should be allowed to create coalitions with the intention of price-fixing the market. This makes sense to me, companies **must** compete or else they can become too powerful.

If i believe in that logic then I should, by similar logic, be against unions. Unions are effectively large groups of people getting together to carry out price-fixing of their labour.

@freemo Ah, a second way to view it:
You argue that workers should not be able to control the price point of their work.
Well, if they cannot control this very thing they can sell, why would anyone get to own a lot more than that (a whole company), including the right to control how much is payed to workers?

If the answer is "because it is like that", we are in "right of the strongest" territory, and any union effort, even if it turns the whole society upside down, would have the same ethical validity.

@admitsWrongIfProven @freemo What is Freemo saying that sounds like arguing "that workers should not be able to control the price point of their work"?

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@ech @freemo > The issue with unions is that it is price fixing which is not the same as being to set your own price point.

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