<p>Are labour unions categorically different from a one-off (or infrequent) grassroots negotiation occurring between workers and bosses?</p>

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2022-07-06T15:23:00.543Z
Different in what way? Do you mean from economic perspective or legal perspective? Trivially they are not legally equivalent. Economically they could be equivalent if they have the same economic effect
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2022-07-07T08:09:10.660Z
I was wondering if there were innate characteristics that distinguished trade unions from a ad-hoc grassroots collective action.
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2022-07-07T08:41:14.830Z
but that was clear, what is not clear what sort of difference you are talking about. For example, from physics perspective there is no innate difference between live and non-live matter if it is composed of the same atoms from biological perspective there is difference. From economic perspective label you give something such as “grassroot movement” is irrelevant but from legal standpoint it isn’t
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Is a labour union formally different to a one-off (or infrequent) grassroots collective negotiation?
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# Is a labour union formally different to a one-off (or infrequent) grassroots collective negotiation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-06)

Are labour unions categorically different from a one-off (or infrequent) grassroots negotiation occurring between workers and bosses?

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> **username_1**: Different in what way? Do you mean from economic perspective or legal perspective? Trivially they are not legally equivalent. Economically they could be equivalent if they have the same economic effect  
> **username_0**: I was wondering if there were innate characteristics that distinguished trade unions from a ad-hoc grassroots collective action.  
> **username_1**: but that was clear, what is not clear what sort of difference you are talking about. For example, from physics perspective there is no innate difference between live and non-live matter if it is composed of the same atoms from biological perspective there is difference. From economic perspective label you give something such as “grassroot movement” is irrelevant but from legal standpoint it isn’t  

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