In fairness that adds up though. They’re spending that to stop the union because it’s cheaper than giving everyone a raise. Logically if it’s the cheaper option it’s more affordable.
Except that they’re not giving you a raise while they live a life of luxury and you eat ramen every night and sweat every day.
Where’s the fairness in that?
I don’t remember saying that is fair, or that it’s the right or moral decision.
Logically if it’s the cheaper option it’s more affordable
If you mistreat your workers, productivity suffers compared to what it would be if you paid them properly so they’d be happt. Then even when your costs are lower, your revenue is as well.
Meaning paying your workers would mean you’d be making more money, despite the increased costs. So it’s actually more “affordable”.
Yeah but you can’t really quantify “happiness based increased productivity” on a spreadsheet as easily as “pay rise” or “stopping union expenses” so, ya know…
You can, though.
Not as easily, but it has been quantified.
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nataliaemanuel/files/emanuel_jmp.pdf
https://www.waldenu.edu/programs/business/resource/shortened-work-weeks-what-studies-show
We know these things for pretty much certain. The only people who pretend “the science isn’t in” are the people who stand to gain when employees are exploited. So, ya know…
