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Workers communicating and coordinating with each other for their own safety, well-being, and ability to retain some of the vast wealth they create for their employers benefits their employers just as much as them. How do you like having a weekend? Or not having your 9-year-old child work in a dangerous mine? Everyone benefits from that.

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I think you're overestimating how much warehouse workers are actually generating for amazon. They could have a totally viable business automating their warehouse and reducing inventory to only the most purchased items. Might even cut costs massively by saving warehouse space.

I believe the Wagner Act is unconstitutional.

Why?

Section 1 Article 8 of the Constitution does not grant congress the power to regulate how private parties can bargain amongst themselves. Nor does it grant Congress the power to set minimum wage laws.

The SC relied on an incorrect interpretation of the Commerce Clause to bless it. The Commerce Clause is well known to be misinterpreted and widely abused by the federal government to do many unconstitutional things. See also Filburn vs Wickard for an example.

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-cour...

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