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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If business owners weren’t parasites in the first place, and actually paid employees a thriving wage and treated them respectfully… there would be no need for unions in the first place, much less strikes.

[–] tarsn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And therefore the rich have no responsibility to their workers ....

[–] tarsn@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To clarify I was saying that business owners are parasites by their nature and unions will always be necessary as long as businesses are set up the way they are with all the existing incentives