Court orders union to maintain normal production during any strike; Samsung shares jump 6.7%. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Only as long as the state has monopoly on violence ( as in physical violence as well as in non physical threats: taxes, fines etc). When the workers take their share of the monopoly, the tables turn in their favour.
It also becomes a giant red flag to any potential applicants.
“Why is this position open?”
“We had the previous employee imprisoned for complaining too hard about how little we were paying him”
Not that it can’t happen, and similar things continue to happen, but most (and certainly the best) candidates will avoid that place for many years, and demand extremely high pay from the beginning.
I’m guessing possible jail time? They are the state, they can make it illegal for them to strike and then arrest them.
Only as long as the state has monopoly on violence ( as in physical violence as well as in non physical threats: taxes, fines etc). When the workers take their share of the monopoly, the tables turn in their favour.
Yes, and then the state can be reminded why there is a legal structure to striking at all.
Not because workers wanted it.
Ah, yes, putting all the skilled labor in jail will surely help the factory run better.
Nope, it would cripple it for a time. I’m not saying it’s a good idea, but it’s not unprecedented
It also becomes a giant red flag to any potential applicants.
“Why is this position open?”
“We had the previous employee imprisoned for complaining too hard about how little we were paying him”
Not that it can’t happen, and similar things continue to happen, but most (and certainly the best) candidates will avoid that place for many years, and demand extremely high pay from the beginning.