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> Anyone can organize at any time, and the employer is free to tell you to pound sand and hire someone else.

The reason why governments have historically enacted laws that regulate unions and their interaction with employees - and this is not the first such law by a long shot - is because, even with collective bargaining, unions are often simply not powerful enough to meaningfully negotiate, and so the power imbalance remains.



I agree that unions don't work unless the government dictates that employers bow to their will.

Whether that's good for companies or the public is a whole other question.




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