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Which is a totally acceptable point of view. He's even said he won't make any moves to stop them from unionizing.
Now, whether you believe him or not is up to you, but I don't think anything he's said on the topic is ethically wrong.
With respect, I would disagree. Taking it personally is a problem. Expecting everyone else to 'just trust me bro' is a problem. Look at it another way- 'if my staff unionize and anything needs to change then I've already failed as a boss'
I'm a union organizer in an adjacent industry (video games). This is a very common anti-union talking point amongst bosses and managers that want to look progressive. The underlying message is "I'm ok with unions, but not here".
NIMBY doesnt ever end.
It's wrong in the sense that he apparently believes that he is able to provide everything that a union does, which is hilarious.
A union has hundreds or thousands of specialist employees working full time for the members, and this guy is like: "yeah I can do that while also managing my company".
At best he is saying "I'm willing to pay people to shut the fuck up."
In reality he probably doesn't even have a clue about what a union is about.