• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    or what

    I’m guessing possible jail time? They are the state, they can make it illegal for them to strike and then arrest them.

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      2 months ago

      Ah, yes, putting all the skilled labor in jail will surely help the factory run better.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Nope, it would cripple it for a time. I’m not saying it’s a good idea, but it’s not unprecedented

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          2 months ago

          It also becomes a giant red flag to any potential applicants.

          “Why is this position open?”

          “We had the previous employee imprisoned for complaining too hard about how little we were paying him”

          Not that it can’t happen, and similar things continue to happen, but most (and certainly the best) candidates will avoid that place for many years, and demand extremely high pay from the beginning.