Why are US companies threatened by labour unions?

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The rise of the labour unions in the US helped set working standards, rules and minimum wages, which benefited workers around the world. So why is it that big companies like Amazon and Starbucks are fighting tooth and nail against them?

Amazon warehouse workers in New York’s Staten Island made history this month after they voted and succeeded in creating the first labour union at the e-commerce giant.

“In the face of one of the richest, most anti-union corporations, the Amazon Labour Union’s victory proves when working people unite in the fight for justice, anything is possible,” AFL-CIO added. “Amazon workers have a legal right to a truly free and fair union election,” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in a statement emailed to“They are asking for what should be the standard for every American worker: safe working conditions, fair wages, and dignity and respect on the job.”

Union membership among public-sector workers is five times higher than the rate of private-sector workers , according to theThis contrast shows how millions of US employees at private sector companies, especially tech firms, are vulnerable to exploitation.

 

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