This is exactly the kind of abuse Unions seek to end. Workers cannot simply be fired.
The collective bargaining contract signed between the tech companies and Unions defines grounds for termination.
Are you trying to suggest that there is something inherently abusive about contracting? What if I don't want a full time gig?
2. Without the freedom to choose employees as an employer, corporations cannot exist, or at least are substiantally less efficient, and in such case all of society is worse off. This is where aggressive unions can be bad for employees.
I dont understand your point.
The skillsets we're talking about here (Cafeteria Workers and Bus Drivers) are not conducive to "self-employment".
The Workers cannot set their own hours or rates; both requirements defined by the IRS to qualify as "Independent Contractor".
See https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
I still don't understand what you're getting at. These people are free to work wherever they wish, and you've yet to demonstrate that there's something wrong with contracting in principle, when done legally.
People shouldn't be unionizing, they should be talking to lawyers.
The Workers are told where to work, what time shifts to work, how to do their job, provided tools and equipment, and their pay is limited to minimum wage (or just marginally higher).
That's just straight up abusive and illegal. They are treated like Employees and therefore deserve the benefits of Employees; including healthcare and paid vacation.
If contractors willingly sign on for the micromanagement that you mention, and are free to quit at any time, why exactly is this a problem that needs solving? No one is forcing foreign nationals to work for American companies. Clearly this "abusive" relationship is favorable to both parties, otherwise the outsourced employees would leave.
When someone has freedom of association, and is made aware of working conditions prior to making major life changes to start a new job, or the job is explicitly billed as temporary contract work, who are you to decide on someone's behalf what is and is not abusive, so long as payment is made as agreed?