Companies sell goods or services that people are willing to pay money for. Hence the company operations being disrupted would naturally cause hardship for society. Your approach would rule out all effective labor action.
In general, a rising tide lifts all ships. If wages in one sector rise, it creates pressure to raise them in other sectors. Part of working class solidarity is enduring those hardships.
I think more people are not even on the ships than those that are, but that’s a good old trope. It gets pulled up often, over time, while we get further and further from universal collectivism. But you and your union buddies are on the ships so it’s all good.
Companies sell goods or services that people are willing to pay money for. Hence the company operations being disrupted would naturally cause hardship for society. Your approach would rule out all effective labor action.
In general, a rising tide lifts all ships. If wages in one sector rise, it creates pressure to raise them in other sectors. Part of working class solidarity is enduring those hardships.
I think more people are not even on the ships than those that are, but that’s a good old trope. It gets pulled up often, over time, while we get further and further from universal collectivism. But you and your union buddies are on the ships so it’s all good.