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and now, not only do we have a tactic to attack them and overwhelm their union-busting efforts, *the workers* have the knowledge that *they can succeed*. The effects of this on worker morale in unionization efforts going forward - in a time of record union approval rates, worker dissatisfaction, and resignation rates - cannot be overstated, imo
this is *hugely* important, because the tactic of companies like Walmart, whose employees are atomized across many small stores across the country, rather than the large factory floors of old, to simply shut down any one store that unionizes, has presented a near-impenetrable wall to unionizing big players in the service industries in the past few decades. That's over now.
and the unionization of a string of Starbucks stores is also incredibly important. not only is it a major attack on a contemporary service industry/fast food chain that, like all of them, is heavily anti-union - it also has demonstrated a powerful new tactic - using the internet hype machine to create a massive national wave of unionization drives at local stores that outpaces and overwhelms union-busting resources
the successful unionization of an Amazon warehouse is an enormous victory. it shows we *can* unionize heavily union-busting powerhouses of the contemporary economy.
there have been high approval ratings for unions, and some high-profile strike actions and unionization efforts, over the past few years - but over all that time, net unionization rates continued to fall and attempts to unionize major employers who have expanded primarily in the post-Reagan era were mostly failures
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