• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Today I learned that 23% of the country have an IQ of that: 23

    This totally brings to mind the anti labor and Union poster I saw for an airline where they said with your union dues within a couple of months you’ll be able to buy that PS5.

    I’m like: motherfucker, I can buy that PS5 immediately and have money left over IN ONE PAYCHECK because I’m in a union.

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      2 months ago

      I work for a unionized airline and a lot of people bitch and moan that we have to pay dues roughly equal to 2% of our income. I always remind people that our non-unionized competitor pays their employees a flat 10% less than we get paid. So we make more, get union protection, and a ton of other benefits by being unionized. I have no problem paying union dues.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      I get anti-union propaganda in the mail. I’ve only gotten things a couple times, but I’ve always made sure to give them a call and let them know why I never want them to send anything to me ever again.

      So gross.

    • SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      My employer is negotiating with one of the unions right now, and they keep sending everyone email updates on the negotiations that very clearly are trying to get those of us that aren’t in a bargaining unit to feel annoyed at the union for asking for more in raises than the rest of us got. It’s having the opposite effect - it’s making us feel like upper management aren’t negotiating in good faith, and making me wish my position was eligible to be in the union

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      2 months ago

      I wonder why the figure is about union disapproval, seems strange to me.

      “Thank you for participating in the survey! In your opinion, do you disapprove of unions that tend to do nothing but steal wages from hard-working American families’ pockets?”