Those unions would have elected union reps. They’d gain an immense amount of power, and anyone on the edge of society not in a union would lose their voice — stay at home parents, small business owners, etc.
Eventually the unions would gravitate to a party system, those parties would become bipolar, and world governments would become figureheads. Unions would begin to clash, eventually forming new political bodies along union lines. Union members would question why non-union members don’t have to pay dues, and a requirement would come about that when old enough to work, it would be mandatory for everyone to pick a union.
You can see where this is going.
The only reason unions work is that they pit the power of production against the power of military strength and control. Give the unions too much power, and their leadership becomes the thing they’ve fought to resist.
So, where we currently are, just a different set of naming conventions.
Yup.
It’s almost impossible to tell or coordinate.
What currency is the universal wage in? USD? EUR? CNY?
Is it the same everywhere? Do you adjust for purchasing power? How?
What you’re suggesting requires global cooperation on a scale that is inconceivable today. Nations would have to give up economic power in ways that no one would do today. You’d need a global government. We are nowhere near that and probably won’t ever be unless an extraterrestrial threat exists.
You’d need a world wide government to tax and distribute for that, right? So that government would need to have control of every over country, like the EU on a larger scale. That seems unlikely to happen without violence, but I guess it would work if every worker in the world was suddenly in support of it.
bad things would happen once some people decided to mess with the system, not share their wealth, and raise a military. then all those globaly unionized workers would need a military. and btw the military wouldn’t be allowed to unionize separately, their suppose to follow orders. fun thought experiment but wouldn’t work too well
One thing that must happen for this is the elimination of all nation-state imposed trade and labor barriers. No more immigration checks, no passports or visas: Free, global labor distribution.
Is that all?
turns off switch
I know, I’m disappointed that humans are humans, too.
2-3 years ago, it would be great. Nowadays, I think it will just expedite the embrace of AI as an alternative, but I might be pessimistic.
Impossible when events like Tienanman Square are the outcome in some countries. It only takes one to upset a global unionization apple cart.