upvoted because there’s an implication in the main post that the worker who blames migrant inflow as a race issue
The government is not going to curb the capitalists hiring methods
Unions are hard work and not guaranteed to have results
Electing a government tough on migrant work is the easiest path
Edit: will this have a knockon effect on other facets of the economy (cheaper services: car repair, retail, landscaping, etc.), oh absolutely, but this was the path available to you
I think a lot of leftists ignore the actual issues immigration can cause to the working class because opponents of immigration include also racists. It’s kinda stupid imo, there’s legit concerns over capitalists supporting immigration in order to get cheaper labour and to weaken unions.
I am a leftist, I absolutely believe that the working class should have stronger rights, and that union action is the best path forward to keep the capitalists in check…
…I’ve just seen this fail too many times to be called a viable path, because the capitalists can simply hire cheaper labor.
Germany has strong unions. Germany is also a very racist country. I know how this sounds, but I think there is correlation.
Data collected in the heat map suggest that stores with low racial and ethnic diversity, especially those located in poor communities, are more likely to unionize.
Sounds like an issue of joint correlation. It makes sense that homogenous communities are better at building unions. Building solidarity with people who are different from oneself is more work than with people who are similar.
And it’s been found that exposure to different people and cultures reduces racist beliefs, so it also makes sense that homogenous communities would be more racist.
So the causal feature would be homogeneity, and the correlation between racism and unions would be effects.
upvoted because there’s an implication in the main post that the worker who blames migrant inflow as a race issue
Edit: will this have a knockon effect on other facets of the economy (cheaper services: car repair, retail, landscaping, etc.), oh absolutely, but this was the path available to you
I think a lot of leftists ignore the actual issues immigration can cause to the working class because opponents of immigration include also racists. It’s kinda stupid imo, there’s legit concerns over capitalists supporting immigration in order to get cheaper labour and to weaken unions.
I am a leftist, I absolutely believe that the working class should have stronger rights, and that union action is the best path forward to keep the capitalists in check…
…I’ve just seen this fail too many times to be called a viable path, because the capitalists can simply hire cheaper labor.
Germany has strong unions. Germany is also a very racist country. I know how this sounds, but I think there is correlation.
As Wholefoods put it
Sounds like an issue of joint correlation. It makes sense that homogenous communities are better at building unions. Building solidarity with people who are different from oneself is more work than with people who are similar.
And it’s been found that exposure to different people and cultures reduces racist beliefs, so it also makes sense that homogenous communities would be more racist.
So the causal feature would be homogeneity, and the correlation between racism and unions would be effects.
agreed, but the result seems to be the same: stronger worker rights to countries hostile/unappealing to migrants