r/Glasgow Tools

You could not be further from reality I'm afraid friend.

I will concede that you may have a point in relation to the status quo and societal structures with resulting imbalances, but you frame it completely incorrectly as some sort of Oliver begging for more gruel when you refer to an organised workforce trying to force the hand of those pulling the corporate strings.

Our current paradigm of controlling government, directors, shareholders and CEOs on one side and the workforce on the other will indeed result in conflict as long as those at the top attempt to squeeze more for themselves at the cost of those several rungs down the ladder from them. Union organisation is necessary here to guard against exploitation on the workforce, which in essence is the source of productivity and profit and should therefore be compensated fairly and accordingly. You may regard this as a tired continuous dance but what would you suggest as an alternative?

Perhaps no privately owned business, all monies and resources spread equally amongst the population and a limitation of one's ability to realise potential? There is a name for that model, it has been and is still implemented in places, yet in each and every example has been shown to fail miserably. Unless of course you have another idea?

As I said, you've grossly misunderstood what people are doing here and would be wise to educate yourself before insulting those that are making very difficult decisions in order to gain a better standing for themselves, their families and others.