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Union dues (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

We have a husk of a shell that we once called the Supreme Court that decided that corporations have a right to free speech.

Toe that with all the benefits of a corporate entity and we end up where corporation speech is more free than that of a person.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Lol companies in America literally set union organizers' families on fire well before the modern supreme court.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Yes but that was also before propaganda was a class in college. Now they don't need to set things on fire, just convince a chunk of workers to vote against unions. The cost to suppress unions has never been cheaper.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    While true, this shit was going on just as much back when they were "legitimate". Anti-Union mind games are an American tradition.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Yes and now we have no tools to fight it. There were rules against anti-union activities; union workers died for those rights.

    That's all null and void and without a change at the highest levels, it will stay that way.

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