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?
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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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.
Hard to say what 'fair offers' are without knowing what they are. I get not wanting to poison your negotiating position, but if you're making public appeals for sympathy, you have to be an open book. Especially with the jaded world as it is now.
They'd have been better off naming a popular policy the executives were walking away from. If they really wanted to go hard, you give allusions to Luigi or Don Vultaggio and ask who you'd rather be associated with.
Just follow them out of the room while yelling the negotiations aren't over. Why do they get one second of peace?
Oh we're so sorry to hear about your deal that fell through, it gets five big booms.