On: Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with...

[rsanek]

you mean, just like companies have it in the US? they also cooperate, to do things like suppress wages or fix prices. what's stopping them from getting whatever they want?

[bitshiftfaced → rsanek]

What the unions are doing in Sweden are apparently legal. The US has laws to protect against the things you're talking about, such as the Sherman Act and FTC oversight.

[rsanek → bitshiftfaced]

My perception is these laws are enforceable only in the most obvious of cases. It seems like you can go right up to the edge -- things like https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valleys-exclusive-salary... or https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-r... (we'll see on this one) come to mind.