Yankiwi17273 t1_j7y7op1 wrote
Reply to comment by Accomplished_Pie_153 in Temple University deactivated health insurance of all striking graduate workers today by TransFattyAcid
You are actually making a very good case for government intervention here. As you are pointing out, in a totally free market system with an inherent monopoly (which GA positions often de facto become), it is 100% within the employer’s best interests to screw over the employee as much as they can.
But that is exactly why the government should be able to step in to even the power dynamics between employer and employee, especially during strikes, unionization, and contract negotiations.
Thank you for illustrating that point so vividly.
Accomplished_Pie_153 t1_j7ycuwn wrote
but it's NOT in the employer's best interest to screw over the employees.... IF they have a genuine desire to keep their reputation so they can hire the best employees in the future.
it might be best interest in terms of SHORT TERM financial gain, which, too, is a problem.
forgetting about the free market, there is a real, visible problem: Young folks who can't get insulin really do drop dead every year.
Should government really be able to step in and save its dying young citizens? By just straight up buying them some insulin, without waiting for the paperwork or the insurance to kick in at a new job?
Yankiwi17273 t1_j7zy4fd wrote
Would you prefer people dying just because they don’t have the health insurance to by a horribly marked up drug?
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