Replying to @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk
@ChrisMayLA6 Speaking from experience in a sample-size of 1:
Virtually everyone at my last place of work was a shareholder. That didn't stop the company demonstrating how badly we needed unions in all sites.
The only reason my exit was so gentle was that they'd already found out what happens when you disregard Dutch employment law. That was an expensive lesson for them. Also, Dutch employment law basically mandates the presence of unions.