Those franchise holders will come to regret it when their PO-ed employees fall prey to the siren song of Leftism and join a union, or elect somebody like Elizabeth Warren as President.
Some of our problems with leftism are the result of us p*ssing in our own pool IMO.
I understand your point, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter one whit. Anyone likely to go Leftist will do so, regardless. They’ll just find another “excuse.”
In this case you are exactly right.
Exactly why Unions gained a foothold in America in the first place, employers sh**ting on their employees. It is easy to say go get another job but back then most jobs were crap, making it easy for Unions to gain support.
Mine workers for instance had to pay for any shovels, picks, drills, etc. that individual workers broke during any given pay period, eating up a large part of their pay, the only stores available were owned by the company and they charged exorbitant prices, resulting in very little money for anything else. Going to work for another mine, even if they could find a way to get there, was not an option and would not have been any better.
Let's say you worked for a warehouse unloading trucks, for instance, you had to be there at a certain time regardless if any trucks were there or not, then you had to wait for a truck to get there, which might take 8 hours, you were not paid for those eight hours but only for the time spent actually loading and unloading the trucks.
It was crap like that that made the teamsters and mine workers gain hold, and although the Unions ripped off the the members they still had a better deal than without the Union.
Unions days are done but that doesn't mean that people like being sh** on today any more than they did then.
Don't get me wrong, I worked for a Union shop for years and I think they suck for the worker today, but employers have to realize that a little common sense in dealing with their people helps keep the Unions away.