#but im genuinely just very ignorant regarding labor organization

[kaurwreck]

do you think the port mafia grunts have a union?

I was raised in a state hostile culturally and politically to unions, and I'm in a field that's somewhat hostile to unionizing, so I admittedly know very little about American unions, much less Japanese unions.

What little I do know is that Japanese unions aren't like American unions in that during their height of influence, Japanese unions were more collaborative with and non-adversarial to employers than Americans expect from labor organizing. They functioned more like another HR, and strikes weren't generally a common tool.

Unions in Japan have changed over time and are more dynamic now, based on the very, very cursory Google search I just did. But they're also significantly less influential, and white collar workers in certain fields aren't super active participants.

All of this to say, I'm sure Mori Corporation has union organizers and reps who have positions within both the company and the Port Mafia, who collaborate closely with Chuuya on maintaining employee welfare and satisfaction.

(Chuuya, since Verlaine doesn't leave his depression hovel, Kouyou leads the torture squad, and Mori is the CEO with which the employees must negotiate.)

I also imagine Mori Corporation's directors and officers approach labor matters from the perspective that if you are attentive and provide for your employees, they won't feel the need to organize. It's how Mori and the executives approach Yokohama's informal economy, and it's their restitution for the Old Boss's transgressions.

That, or they've just made Gin their union rep, so the grunts are too afraid to try anything.