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Costco gets a nasty Christmas present and ends the year terribly (workers victory) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Costco workers in Norfolk have unionised and Costco are seething.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it gets murky quickly if you pay their dues as the employer- if you're funding the union there's a pretty clear conflict of interest. To me the clearest way to address this would be to offer a stipend without earmarking it so they can fund the union (or not) at their own discretion.

Another option would be to just formalize it as an ESOP, thereby erasing the distinction between employee and employer and effectively obviating the need for a union in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Good idea on the ESOP! Will talk to my accountant about this.