grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoCarney government eying curbs on right to strike, labour leaders warnwww.thestar.comexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkCarney government eying curbs on right to strike, labour leaders warnwww.thestar.comgrte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square69linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Driving employers out is fine. We have enough minerals, oil, and farm land that they aren’t needed. You have no idea how the civilization your rely on to keep breathing actually functions.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhat role do corporations play that history hasn’t shown you that states can as well?
minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIrrelevant. We’re not talking about hypothetical socialist utopias. This entire conversation is about labor law in our existing economy and system. Derailing the conversation isn’t productive.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSo you acknowledge that in our current system we can create labour laws on a scale of none to utopian. Thus there is no need to consult employers as to where on that scale we end up.
You have no idea how the civilization your rely on to keep breathing actually functions.
What role do corporations play that history hasn’t shown you that states can as well?
Irrelevant.
We’re not talking about hypothetical socialist utopias. This entire conversation is about labor law in our existing economy and system. Derailing the conversation isn’t productive.
So you acknowledge that in our current system we can create labour laws on a scale of none to utopian.
Thus there is no need to consult employers as to where on that scale we end up.