And now that they’ve made unions all but illegal, we’ll eventually return to that trusted tradition.

Either we settle things collectively and politely, or we settle things not so politely.

I make 6 figures and work two jobs. I ain’t a leech, or crying.

You on the other hand should quit licking the boot, and stop being a class traitor. And learning how to support your claims with evidence wouldn’t hurt either.

Statistics are used by propagandists.

And what evidence have you brought to the table? Fucking nothing.

At least I brought scientific papers.

Union jobs SUCK for good workers.

The data betrays your conclusion.

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w27720/w27720.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268122003249

There’s nothing stopping unions from allowing your boss to pay you minimum while they take ‘dues’ from you.

Unions aren’t mandatory. There is no taking. Given such a fundamental lack of understanding on that front really makes me doubt your story.

Nothing is stopping unions from being as corrupt as employers.

Yes there is, there’s the union elections and the consent required for participation.

They lead to companies being forced to keep horrible employees that cost them money

I don’t care.

and pay them more than they’d otherwise need to.

Good, that’s the fucking point.

You could have negotiated better pay for yourself

You can’t, which is why unions have higher pay.

Sick time shouldn’t be a thing. No one should be incentivized to call in sick, and that costs the company money

Are you a troll, or are you genuinely this backwards?

Posting a bunch of union propaganda doesn’t change the fact that they only serve themselves.

My dude, this is all of the sources showing that they’re better jobs. It’s the government, corporate media, scientific research, all coming to the same conclusion. It ain’t propaganda.

Unions only help themselves.

That’s utter bullshit.

https://www.afscme.org/blog/the-union-difference-in-wages-18-higher-pay-if-you-belong-to-a-union

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/27/labor-unions-winning-better-pay-hours.html

https://www.nber.org/digest/digestsep18/new-evidence-unions-raise-wages-less-skilled-workers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/us-union-members-see-record-pay-raises-outpace-nonunion-workers

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/20/union-workers-wealth-comparison-pay-difference

https://www.epi.org/publication/union-workers-had-more-job-security-during-the-pandemic-but-unionization-remains-historically-low-data-on-union-representation-in-2020-reinforce-the-need-for-dismantling-barriers-to-union-organizing/

https://southfloridaclc.org/index.php/labor-unions-pure-pro-no-cons-2/unions-and-job-security-a-lasting-relationship

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/general/labortaskforce/docs/WORK-fs-DOL-Unions-v6.pdf

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2021/article/employee-access-to-sick-leave.htm

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/union-workers-more-likely-than-nonunion-workers-to-have-healthcare-benefits-in-2019.htm

They lead to higher wages, job security, better benefits, and better PTO/sick days. In every respect, in general, a union job is better for the worker than a non union job.

Negotiation almost de facto requires group effort, or a union. The only time negotiation works outside of that is edge cases.