They probably have no idea what the Homestead Strike was.

Because these people don't see the bigger picture. They see they could get $35 if they didn't have to pay the union. What they don't see is that the union is the reason they're "getting" $35 and without the union they're definitely not going to get $35. And obviously any non-monetary benefit (such as more days off) goes way over their heads.

It's not even just about money, and anyone who's worked a union job will tell you that. Many of the benefits of unions aren't completely measurable (e.g. correcting the balance of power in favor of workers, even if just a tiny bit).

Union payments in Iceland are like $20 per month. I'm pretty sure union workers get at least 20 cents more per hour than non union workers to break even.

If you are asking for the arguments to make sense if you think about it for longer than 3 seconds, then you are asking too much.

I think thats the joke

If Amazon paid someone/company to do this, then it definitely is illegal. But likely no jail for anyone, just minor fines chocked up to the "cost of doing business"

Except the king of disinformation bought Twitter. And “we” not only keep using it en masse, but basically elected him as president.

I dunno about the rest of the world, but the US is way past the event horizon, and the chance of ever arresting people like this is less than zero.

As a Single Mother With Two Children I am afraid that the Union will be bad, aktuly. Are you disagreeing with me? You simply don't understand what its like to be a Single Mother With Two Children. Why are you attacking me? I am a simple Single Mother With Two Children who is too weak and tired to argue with you.

As a Single Mother With Two Children I am just asking questions about why the Union is bad and now you, a big Pro-Union Thug, are hurting me and my Two Children who are very small and vulnerable.

Stop! Please! Help! The Union is Hurting Me! It's just as I anticipated!

Well yeah we know that!

Hey now, yer fancy pants logic ain't wahlcome round these parts. - Muricuh

I was part of a union. I got paid minum wage. My manager was the union rep. I had to work a role that I was literally allergic to.

Despite this, I'm still pro-union. Just not that particular union.

This was from the amazon beef with Bernie sanders back in like 2019. Amazon created a bunch of these fake accounts only to be called out for it later.

https://amp.theguardian.com/...

I doubt any higher up is "barely scraping by". And as another comment brought up the recipes, this is most definitely a bot.

Won't someone think of the "higher ups"?

they’d hook a select few warehouse workers with social media handles to spread the propaganda

Then, if the media didn't trend or the employees couldn't keep up with their workload plus social media, they were fired.

you mean like free market syndicalism

So a co-op?

Like Mondragon?

Not the exact same thing, but is a step in moving society that way, but read up on Germany's co-determination laws.

Corporate espionage and competition. It would not be allowed

I think this model exists. waitrose in UK might be one of them, not sure though.

What advantages do you think a corporation would have that a union doesn't?

I think a major issue is that if the corporation cannot find work for all of its employees, how will it pay them? And since, presumably, there will be admin staff required who also need to be paid, the amount this corporation will charge the employers of the workers will have to be more than is paid to the workers. If this amount is significant, employers can poach employees from the "union corp" by offering more money, while still saving themselves money.

But that's not true. It depends if you live in a "right-to-work" state. Currently there are 26 of them, mostly red states. I would assume that, by population, the majority of Americans do not live in "right-to-work" states.

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The person who wrote the xit surely knows how unions work.

Can we get refugee status in your country?

Mine are $30/month but I make $10/hour more than the non-union crews.

Some countries are like that. There are pros and cons to it though. The unions are stronger when people bother joining.

Also, being covered by an agreement at your work is only part of what unions offer. They have other services for members, like getting your salary checked, legal support, salary insurance, various discounts for stuff, etc.

It might be tempting to save the membership fee, but don't be a leech. Someone worked hard to get the benefits for everyone. Join the union.

How does that work? Wouldn’t a lot of people just not bother paying?

I do know plenty of people who think this way, and I find the post quite plausible. There’s been so much disinformation about unions in the US, for the last couple generations, that people don’t know any better.

However as an edge case, I do believe it was true for my brother working part time minimum wage. As far as we could tell there were no benefits for the part timers, no extra pay, no protections, no perks, just extra dues to pay. It’s too bad too, this could have been the unions chance to re-educate, show them benefits when someone is starting out so they support unions the rest of their lives. Instead it reinforced his prior attitude and he remains anti-union to this day

I think the comparison to a leech is accurate, as the leech does not know or understand it is a bloodsucking parasite, but continues to steal blood and nutrients, those ignorant of the work unions perform will benefit from them regardless of their contribution.

Rarely do you find someone who both genuinely understands what a union is for and declines to join when offered the opportunity.

Not exactly, you will receive the prevailing wage, but not the full benefits package. No thanks to right to work, it's a big pile of bullshit too.

this fucking scab

or was he a pig ? I forget

Omg no /s you must be an evil manager

Same same

I remember feeling this way when I was 18. I thought "well the laws already cover me, so why am I paying for this?"

Anyway, I grew up since then.

I don't know enough to agree or disagree, but some citations would really help support your argument.

Unions also fund legal fees for individual employees problems, with the goal of challenging future unfair decisions by employers against isolated individuals.