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Don't we like video games to relax after a hard day's work? (media.piefed.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Those were the sorts of stories I heard about unions when I was growing up. Want to clean up a mess? Sorry, union rules say you have to wait for another guy to get here to do it.

I always felt like unions just got in the way of doing things logically or quickly, but I'm pretty sure those stories and comments were intended to do that. Nowadays I know better, and I agree with you: we need unions now more than ever.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Well after my experience with unions in Philadelphia, I'm pretty confident in saying that it varies. I worked for a company that held conventions. We wanted the flag of each attending country to line the entrance hall and it took coordination with FOUR unions. I am not exaggerating.

    One union to bring the pallet to the hallway

    A second union to place the flag bases

    Yet another union to place the flags in the bases

    And the last to remove the pallet/packaging (not the same as the first!)

    I found this out when I nearly got tackled after putting a flag in its base.

    On the flip side, my friend's labor union secured a (permanent) $5/hr raise during COVID.

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