Yeah, you’re partly right. I was kinda mixing up two plausible consequences here—many of the “elite” workers might, in the hypothetical organized-labor-world, actively seek out higher wages even at the cost of leisure or worse conditions, while the “average” or “mediocre” ones in their line of work—or even most, if their line of work hardly allows an “elite” except as a foreman post (which was dangled in front of me after my slightly Kafkaesque stint of stocking shelves at department stores) - would prefer to stay where they are and bargain for a combination of 1)more of effective free time, 2)better conditions and 3)higher pay, instead of allowing themselves to be collectively hypnotized by 3) at the expense of 1) and 2).
Um, in fact, to rely on a cached thought—haven’t Italian workers been known for strong unionization, not-too-high wages by European standards and a rather carefree/relaxed attitude? Fun fact: work-to-rule is called an “Italian strike” in Russian.
Yeah, you’re partly right.
I was kinda mixing up two plausible consequences here—many of the “elite” workers might, in the hypothetical organized-labor-world, actively seek out higher wages even at the cost of leisure or worse conditions, while the “average” or “mediocre” ones in their line of work—or even most, if their line of work hardly allows an “elite” except as a foreman post (which was dangled in front of me after my slightly Kafkaesque stint of stocking shelves at department stores) - would prefer to stay where they are and bargain for a combination of 1)more of effective free time, 2)better conditions and 3)higher pay, instead of allowing themselves to be collectively hypnotized by 3) at the expense of 1) and 2).
Um, in fact, to rely on a cached thought—haven’t Italian workers been known for strong unionization, not-too-high wages by European standards and a rather carefree/relaxed attitude? Fun fact: work-to-rule is called an “Italian strike” in Russian.