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Did Costco under go leadership change a few years ago or something? They were/are touted as such a progressive, not profit driven company. What happened?
Even with them paying more than in competiting franchises, they are still a business, most businesses will not just accept all the union's demands even if they are all reasonable, simply because they don't want to set a precedent of not fighting back.
Standards are so low, that some shitters may seem less shit in comparison.
Even if this union got everything they asked for, costco would still be stealing the union member's surplus labor value. (Plus everyone else through the supply chain)
Things dont have to be this way. There could be a manufacturing co-op, a transportation co-op, and a retail store co-op integrated in a federation organization similar to Mondragon.
CO-OPs equally owned by the workers is the only way to get what we deserve as things are.