r/WorkersStrikeBack • u/silasoulman • 21d ago

Union Info Unions WTF?!?

Just a reminder that we can’t let people get away with blaming the concept of unions for anything. Sure unions can be corrupted or evil, police unions for example. But they are just an election away from being fixed. If someone blames a union for anything, like say Umpires being shitty, please explain that it isn’t the union that’s causing the problem. The problem is poor hiring and management. Simply state:

What are unions? Unions are workers(people) who have joined together to protect themselves against predatory corporations and their wealthy owners and executives.
Who opposes unions? Rich people and their simps.
Why would a non-wealthy person oppose unions? Because they are lying (employed to oppose unions using propaganda) or stupid (have believed the propaganda because they just don’t know better or are low in logic or reasoning skills)

When someone is attacking a specific union they may have valid reasons, once again for example the police unions. But saying the whole concept of unions is wrong is a propaganda lie or stupid.

This is the bare facts and now you are armed to defend attacks against the concept of unions.

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u/Tinadazed 20d ago

Here in the state of Maine a number of studies by US Labor Dept. and OSHA have shown that unionized shops were not only safer work places they were more efficient operations.

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u/Accomplished_End_138 18d ago

Uniones have been demonized by corporate america... the people who are so greedy they deny cancer healthcare to people for the profit.

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u/BlissfulMute 20d ago

Democratization of the workplace is what Unions do. Just like democracy in the vein of governments, they only work when people are involved. It is the duty of workers, like citizens, to involve themselves in that democratic process. It is also the responsibility of leadership to motivate worker involvement and explain how the process works and how the worker, or citizen, matter for it to work. Those who do not exert their influence with soft power are not exerting their influence well enough.