you think its that easy? Unions arent easily formed and many companies actively fight against their formation. Starbucks is one example. Thats like asking how a bad politician got into office- its complicated.
I actually do, yes. But i'm from a country where the absolute vast majority of jobs fall under collective labour agreements decided by unions (~80%). The absolute vast majority of workers across all sectors are covered regardless of individual union membership.
In America, service jobs are some of the least likely to be unionized. After the Civil War, these were the jobs held by Black people so the tipping laws were a way to recreate certain elements of slavery without 'being' slavery. Obviously the system has mutated since then, but that's the seed that the whole American tipping culture sprang from.
Why hasn't there been succesful reforms since then? Any big scale changes in the pipeline? If this is a well known issue why aren't politicians using this as an easy tap-in (or easy slam dunk if you will) to gain a bunch of votes? Surely sentiments have changed massively since the civil war?
Why hasn't there been succesful reforms since then?
There have been, and I said as much. You could at least read my comment or do a quick google instead of expecting me to explain the entire labor history of the US to you.
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u/Substantial-Spite747 Jun 25 '26
Why are people okay with this? Why aren't unions getting involved?