Are we entering a 'golden age' for trade unions?

[TC Nole OX]

Hope so....runaway corporate power and abuse of employees need to be curtailed

Are we entering a 'golden age' for trade unions?

The pandemic has led to an increase in the number of people joining a union to get support at work.

www.bbc.com

 

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[NCHawk5]

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You all applaud this now. Wait until their prices are unreasonable.

 

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[fredjr82]

You all applaud this now. Wait until their prices are unreasonable.

Poor

 

[NCHawk5]

Poor

🙄 all you offer is laughing emoji and personal attacks. Just like your daddy Riley. Truly a sad and miserable individual.

 

[fredjr82]

🙄 all you offer is laughing emoji and personal attacks. Just like your daddy Riley. Truly a sad and miserable individual.

Ironic

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

You all applaud this now. Wait until their prices are unreasonable.

LOL

 

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[Aardvark86]

Golden age? Heavens no, not even remotely close.

 

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[sadiehawkins]

F corporate greed.Take dark money out of politics. Make every vote equal. Healthcare for all take it out of union barganing. Union strong

 

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[ping72]

I think unions will have an ebb and flow according to their need. While they were once absolutely a necessity, their need seemed to wane and they started to decrease in numbers.

However, they are absolutely needed once again in this country, and you’re definitely seeing that play out.

The wealth gap in this country is worse than most major revolutions in world history...when, you know, The working class basically rose up and killed all the rich people. I honestly think an increase in unions can save bloodshed in our country.

 

[Aardvark86]

I think unions will have an ebb and flow according to their need. While they were once absolutely a necessity, their need seemed to wane and they started to decrease in numbers.

However, they are absolutely needed once again in this country, and you’re definitely seeing that play out.

The wealth gap in this country is worse than most major revolutions in world history...when, you know, The working class basically rose up and killed all the rich people. I honestly think an increase in unions can save bloodshed in our country.

I tend to agree there is some need now. But the wealth gap is kinda irrelevant. The people at the top end of the wealth gap are generally there because they seized some opportunity in what has become a knowledge based economy. The need arises though because what's left of the traditional labor economy has squeezed every last bit of efficiency out of workers in a way that has crossed lines.

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

Hope so....runaway corporate power and abuse of employees need to be curtailed

Are we entering a 'golden age' for trade unions?

The pandemic has led to an increase in the number of people joining a union to get support at work.

www.bbc.com

Unions promote laziness, waste, bureaucracy, stifle innovation, and discourage competition. F*** unions.

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

Unions promote laziness, waste, bureaucracy, stifle innovation, and discourage competition. F*** unions.

Haha, no

 

[sadiehawkins]

Unions promote laziness, waste, bureaucracy, stifle innovation, and discourage competition. F*** unions.

What a stupid statement. You Fukn retard. Unions promte saftey high rates of productivity and many other benifts to a company's that non union employers can t acheive.

 

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[SolarHawk]

Former union member here. I now own a small business. I absolutely support the right of workers to unionize. The ”profits over all else” and corporate greed have fvcked this country. I pride myself on paying my people as much as possible while staying profitable. People matter, and without my employees I don’t have jack shit.

 

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[Kinnick.At.Night]

I feel like a lot of people have opinions about labor unions, who aren’t and haven’t ever been a union member.

 

[hawkifann]

You all applaud this now. Wait until their prices are unreasonable.

This is the kind of stuff that was said when did things like getting rid of slavery, passing child labor laws, establishing overtime rules, pushing for better benefits, minimum wages, paid time off, maternity/paternity leave, etc.

 

[NCHawk5]

This is the kind of stuff that was said when did things like getting rid of slavery, passing child labor laws, establishing overtime rules, pushing for better benefits, minimum wages, paid time off, maternity/paternity leave, etc.

Bargain for your own benefits. Many people aren’t skilled or valuable enough to do it on their own. “What can I do to get a raise?” isn’t asked often enough.

Maternity leave, PTO, Better health insurance, etc. benefit a select population of workers while reducing the potential salaries of others. The power of the worker has never been stronger and it has absolutely nothing to do with regulations.

 

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[Aardvark86]

I have to say, the unionization drive in coffee shops is puzzling to me as a strategic matter, other than perhaps as a way to generate buzz.
This sort of pop up retail is fundamentally a low wage and often part time business, with a huge amount of shop turnover due to competition from local players. As such, I’d think it easy to get scabs to break strikes (if anybody still works these days), and higher local costs might well lead national changes to rethink geography. Industry has fixed assets, other labor businesses have highly skilled and irreplaceable labor.
I just don’t get it, and honestly it almost seems a little pathetic.

 

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[NoleATL]

You all applaud this now. Wait until their prices are unreasonable.

Exact same thing can be said for "made in America". Are you also opposed to "made in America"?

 

[seminole97]

What a stupid statement. You Fukn retard. Unions promte saftey high rates of productivity and many other benifts to a company's that non union employers can t acheive.

Right-to-work (RTW) states added 1.3 million jobs since the start of the pandemic, while non-RTW states lost 1.1 million jobs, according to a study by economist Todd Nesbit and public policy analyst Michael LaFaive. RTW laws state that workers can’t be forced to join or pay union dues.

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, forced employees who work for a unionized company to pay union dues as a condition of employment. However, the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, which was first vetoed by President Harry S. Truman and then approved over his objections, allowed states to pass laws against forced union membership.

Currently, 28 states have RTW laws, and are reaping the benefits in terms of higher investment, employment, population growth, and state tax revenues.

The study by Nesbit and LaFaive found that 16 of the 28 RTW states have now fully recovered the jobs lost during the pandemic; some have even exceeded pre-pandemic levels of employment. Of the non-RTW states, only Colorado and Montana have recovered all the lost jobs.

To halt the decline of union jobs, House Democrats in March 2021 approved the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would once again force union membership on all workers at unionized companies and nullify state RTW laws. The PRO Act “allows collective-bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation, notwithstanding a state law to the contrary.”

“RTW laws do not lead to lower average wages in either unionized or non-unionized industries,” according to a 2018 report by the consulting firm National Economic Research Associates (NERA). On the contrary, the report stated that personal incomes increased 10 percent more in RTW states from 2001 to 2016, rising by 39 percent, compared with 26 percent in non-RTW states.

“Lower union density is associated with higher levels of employment, increased investment, and R&D spending and increased innovation,” the NERA report further states, noting that private sector employment in RTW states grew by 27 percent, compared to 15 percent in non-RTW states.

 

[LuteHawk]

In 1985, 20% of employees in America were union members

In 2020, 10% of employees in American were union members

In some states, the public school teachers unions are the
strongest and have a big impact on children's education.

 

[franklinman]

What a stupid statement. You Fukn retard. Unions promte saftey high rates of productivity and many other benifts to a company's that non union employers can t acheive.

I have been enjoying my UNION PENSION the last 17 years, $3500 a month, money we paid into plus $ negotiated in our machinist contracts over many years. Now thats not as high as my friends, teamsters but i'm happy with it.

 

[NCHawk5]

Exact same thing can be said for "made in America". Are you also opposed to "made in America"?

Sort of. I like a nice balance and do not enjoy having so many essentials coming from an adversary. How about you?

 

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[franklinman]

Hope so....runaway corporate power and abuse of employees need to be curtailed

Are we entering a 'golden age' for trade unions?

The pandemic has led to an increase in the number of people joining a union to get support at work.

www.bbc.com

What goes around comes around, nothing stands still.

 

[franklinman]

Unions promote laziness, waste, bureaucracy, stifle innovation, and discourage competition. F*** unions.

Ya, forgot, they also provide the education, training to do the job safely.

 

[funksouljon]

You all applaud this now. Wait until their prices are unreasonable.

Its been 6 months since this, how much higher are the prices ow due to the cost of the union? Unreasonable yet?