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> US labor history has been erased from public dialogue Or inverted? When I hear people talk of unions in the US, it's about how shitty theyve made everything.
by marmaduke 7y ago
> US labor history has been erased from public dialogue
Or inverted? When I hear people talk of unions in the US, it's about how shitty theyve made everything.
- izacus 7y agoWhat kind of people are that? Employers and funded media?
- marmaduke 7y agoParents, friends, none of which are employers or media
- blunte 7y agoParents and friends who have been told repeatedly by media that unions are bad. So it does come back to the media and the financial interests that control either the content or the selection of content that is produced by the media.
- marmaduke 7y agoSure, but the whole point of this sub thread was that the view of unions has been inverted/subverted, not just completely erased
- rocqua 7y agoThere has been a heavy selection pressure on American unions by union busting. As a result, the few unions that remain are those that are strong politically. Specifically, those that manage to cling to power in the face of adversity, and resist outside pressures. Those features help labor relations when things are strained. But it involves very harsh dog fighting that tends to leave both sides wounded.