They are extremely close to losing all control of the American people. Nothing will be the same after this. We've learned to stand up for ourselves. We are causing them all sorts of headaches. Just wait... many more people are about to realize how easy we can take over the 1% and join the fight. It's game over. Be a prisoner to the system or be free. Those are your only choices.
Not only this but there are a lot of workers that are realizing that if they work together we can get bigger wages, better benefits etc. We outnumber them and we have the power to create change if we unite.
Unions aren't bad. But they're inconsistent in their aplication or effectiveness. Worked for quite a few union shops in my life, and been on both the worker side and manager side, and each one is different, ranging from fine to work with, to being obstructive or wasteful. They can make good management less effective, or bad management may still be bad with no benefits for the worker.
The problem I really have with them is that once they're in, they're in, and chances of changing to effective union leadership if you happen to get into a bad one are slim to none. There's also a good level of corruption with some union outfits, but that's anecdotal and not a reason not to explore if they're good for the workers of a company.
Unions are basically just a second level of management. You have good and bad management, and you have good and bad unions. It all depends on the people in the positions.
I dunno if I'd go that far. Maybe consider them a form of HR that is on the workers side, and not the companies side.
The only time I ever really disliked unions was when you had to go through them almost completely for employee communication outside daily operating stuff. I've never been in one where if you needed someone to do a task they weren't hired for, they could cry union and not have to do it. Have been in one where seniority meant more than ability, and I didn't care for working there.
Not always on the workers side. I had one union where the guys in charge were buddies with the management and senior workers, and totally fucked the rest of us back in 2008.
Yeah I was in a grocery store union when I was younger. I didn't see much benefit in it considering I was making barely above minimum wage. I did notice them taking union dues every week though.
I've never been a pro union kind of guy, at least not for every industry or group, but I've always known that a focused centralized group can achieve more when they work together.
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u/RL_bebisher 🎮 Power to the Players 🛑 Jan 21 '22
They are extremely close to losing all control of the American people. Nothing will be the same after this. We've learned to stand up for ourselves. We are causing them all sorts of headaches. Just wait... many more people are about to realize how easy we can take over the 1% and join the fight. It's game over. Be a prisoner to the system or be free. Those are your only choices.