Is this a structural weakness of a consumers' contract union?
Suppose your union manages to negotiate some "fair" terms from companies you do business with? What's to stop some other company, or even possibly those same companies, from making an offer that is much better on the face of things, but negates your negotiated success?
For example, if you manage to eliminate mandatory binding arbitration from your terms of service with company X, can't company Y come along, offer a cheaper price on the same (or similar) service, but include mandatory binding arbitration in its contract? If they do that, won't you (likely) see many of our members "defect" and go for the cheaper price? If they do, your union collapses.
People will join the union if it is in their favor, but you can't expect them to stay if it ceases to be so.
Suppose your union manages to negotiate some "fair" terms from companies you do business with? What's to stop some other company, or even possibly those same companies, from making an offer that is much better on the face of things, but negates your negotiated success?
For example, if you manage to eliminate mandatory binding arbitration from your terms of service with company X, can't company Y come along, offer a cheaper price on the same (or similar) service, but include mandatory binding arbitration in its contract? If they do that, won't you (likely) see many of our members "defect" and go for the cheaper price? If they do, your union collapses.
People will join the union if it is in their favor, but you can't expect them to stay if it ceases to be so.
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