• madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I’ve always wondered, what prevents creating a corporation to hire every worker possible, makes them proportional owners, and then negotiates wages and benefits on their behalf?

    One enormous corporation that has all of the benefits of a union.

      • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        THIS right here. Mondragon is exactly what GP Is asking about.

        If you’re reading this and thinking about starting an LLC, non-profit, co-op, or union shop, please give this a look too.

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      I think a major issue is that if the corporation cannot find work for all of its employees, how will it pay them? And since, presumably, there will be admin staff required who also need to be paid, the amount this corporation will charge the employers of the workers will have to be more than is paid to the workers. If this amount is significant, employers can poach employees from the “union corp” by offering more money, while still saving themselves money.