The reason for this is pretty simple: necessity.
CompaniesCorporations have a fiduciary duty to maximize profits for shareholders.If no union exists, that means depressing wages as much as possible while meeting staffing needs.
If a union is forming, it means spending as much as you need to stop it since, if you don’t, you’ll be unable to depress wages over the long term.
When a union exists, well then they have to negotiate to continue operations and so workers get paid more fairly.
Join or organize a union if you can.
Only public companies have that ‘duty’.
Co-ops don’t, their duty is to maximise wellbeing for all workers in them and concurrently society.
<3 Co-ops. I’m a union member at a co-op. It’s as good as it gets for a working class person in the US. Seeing the light was the beginning of my radicalization. Add a little theory and the great awakening was complete. 🫡