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Without labor unions I would not be alive right now. I would've died young after slaving my life away in a coal mine, in permanent debt to the company that owne
by ubernostrum 9y ago
Without labor unions I would not be alive right now. I would've died young after slaving my life away in a coal mine, in permanent debt to the company that owned it.
But please. Do go on about how unions harm most workers.
- conanbatt 9y agoI don't know where you are from, or the situation you are talking about. If you give me some context, I'm confident I can make a case.
- munchbunny 9y agoThe parent poster is probably referring to the American labor movement in the early 1900s.
- ubernostrum 9y agoI grew up in the Appalachian coal belt of the US. If you'd like to continue making blanket statements about unions being harmful to "most" workers, I'll be happy to give you citations of what life in the mines was like before the unions.
- conanbatt 9y agoI dont need citations of worker exploitation, i have enough done by the state, by the capitalist and by other workers. Im from a country where almost half the employment is under the table, and the rest is unionized. Teachers, truckers and state workers enjoy plenty of perks and would defend like you are the role of unions. They should if they simply respond to their own incentives. The result? Logistic cost is 50% the cost of food, education tripled staff and got worse results in the last decade and state spending is 50% of gdp. The teacher can reminisce of how sad it would be for the kids if she didnt have such benefits or were fired and would ask you a name of who is being punished by her benefits. And you couldn't answer with a persons name like the teacher could. But its still very real.