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[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 235 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

When I was a union rep there would be people that would bitch about the $70 bucks a month or whatever the dues were. I would explain that without the union their pay would be far, far less (not even bringing up the benefits of work hours, vacation days and whatnot). Like the "all taxes are theft" morons, the words often fell on deaf and willfully ignorant ears.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 43 points 6 days ago

They probably have no idea what the Homestead Strike was.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 70 points 5 days ago

This should be illegal to the point that whoever is responsible for this tweet should be jailed for st least 5 years.

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 43 points 5 days ago

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"

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, no, that should be jail time for whoever sighed off on this.

Make a few examples and people will very quickly stop signing off on shit like this

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

And people will lap this up as a genuine Amazon worker. Disgusting.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.

[-] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee 12 points 5 days ago

This whole election is nuts. RFK Jr. is gonna gut the FDA and NIH so they have to outsource more and draw more lawsuits which will feed his own stupid advocacy firm, or he'll switch his company over to consulting and score millions more by outsourcing the FDA to his own workers. And Elon is obviously going to benefit himself. And Trump is gonna wreak havoc on the economy in the long run with his tariffs if he's being serious, and his border policies are a disaster... this isn't going to go well.

[-] orrk@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

the whole point is to kill the FDA and NIH

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[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 69 points 5 days ago

You'll get a lot more salary with Unions...

[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

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

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

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!

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago
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[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 days ago

My manager was the union rep

I'm like 80% certain that's illegal basically everywhere innit? Conflict of interest

[-] Someone@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

They may also be using the term manager very loosely. At my workplace most of the supervisors are union, but they have 1 top person at each department of each worksite who's excluded from the union (not really management, but a company representative at least).

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[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 141 points 6 days ago

I hate paying 10 dollars to get 25 dollars. The worst.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 days ago

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).

[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 91 points 6 days ago

Even if it wasn't a bot, why is she mad at unions when she's barely scraping by? Unions would help her with that

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

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.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 44 points 6 days ago

union busting tactics in the us are basically on toddler level. remember the pamphlet that was sent out to united airlines workers when they were unionising? "union dues are $600 a year. why not spend that money on a new videogame system instead?"

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

That'd still be a bargain. Many unions in Iceland pay 75% of psychological help, glasses and exercise subscriptions by doing some collective bargaining magic. They also provide "time shares" type of vacation bungalows and more.

All on top of higher salaries, better working hours and working conditions and will provide legal assistance in case of wage theft which my sister had to use one time.

Basically a quality of life upgrade that pays you money even though it may not say so on the pay slip.

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[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Unless you live in a "Right to Work" state, then you get to benefit from the work of unions without contributing any money to their efforts, much like a leech benefits from the blood production of the animal it attaches itself to.

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

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.

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

The anti-union Americans have a vacuum between their ears and enjoy 3rd World working conditions. F-them.

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[-] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 18 points 5 days ago

at my job, you are covered by the union whether you pay dues or not

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 7 points 4 days ago

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.

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[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This person may be a higher up at Amazon, knowing that unions will diminish her bonuses (salary) because the workers underneath her are making more and no quotas are being met.

This is no excuse though

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 113 points 6 days ago

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/technology/2021/mar/30/amazon-twitter-defenders-fake-accounts

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

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

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[-] noxy@yiffit.net 37 points 6 days ago

could have been real because of some "ambassador" scheme they had where they'd hook a select few warehouse workers with social media handles to spread the propaganda

which only makes it more creepy if you ask me.

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[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

That's such a laughably bad "unions bad" take. If there was such a thing as a kind of insurance where they fight to keep you employed, people would probably sign up and pay the fees.

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You earn more when a union fight for higher wages, union dues are negligible

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago

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

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[-] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

I've always wondered, what prevents creating a corporation to hire every worker possible, makes them proportional owners, and then negotiates wages and benefits on their behalf?

One enormous corporation that has all of the benefits of a union.

[-] random@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 6 days ago

you mean like free market syndicalism

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.

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[-] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago

I mean, they'll probably get you more than your dues cost, by a lot... So, there's that...

[-] infinitevalence@discuss.online 30 points 6 days ago

Also a lie in lots of places.

[-] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 5 days ago

that’s why education in the topic matters. So the roomtemp mf have the info before the business gets to feed them desinfo (or before they try to think for themselves and come to wrong conclusions)

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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 days ago

Does she know it's (usually) voluntary?

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[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

What bothers me most about unions is the increased bargaining power labour gets when they work together. As a manager, my employer expects me to use every trick possible to pay those actually making the company run as little as possible and unions make it much harder to get my bonuses.

But I use one neat trick and pay the employees the money that then gets directed to running the union as a deduction from their paycheck and many of them don't even notice that the difference in overall take-home because of that increased bargaining power is higher than the union dues. They focus on the nickels and dimes and don't even notice the dollars!

And the fact that I need to meet certain criteria before I can fire them due to the union contact doesn't even show up on the paycheck--they often don't even think about it until it's too late!

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[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 days ago

Right to work! Right to work!

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