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I can't believe how much union busting is going on in these comments. People take for granted the little wins labor has gotten over the last century.
by dvdhnt 7y ago
I can't believe how much union busting is going on in these comments. People take for granted the little wins labor has gotten over the last century.
- bluGill 7y agoThe union has done good, but they are taking more credit than they deserve for those wins. Many would have happened anyway because labor is a limited competitive resource (at times, for some jobs) and so if you want to get good people you need to treat them well even when times are bad. Unions have done good. They have also done bad. Most people will only acknowledge one side of that.
- bryanlarsen 7y agoMy uncle died in a construction accident that would never have happened on a union site. So while there may be two sides, implying that the sides are similar is classic whataboutism.
- blaser-waffle 7y ago> I can't believe how much union busting is going on in these comments. I'm guessing a mix of: professional shills and marketing firms trying to build consensus by appealing to high earners (plenty of them on HN) + the concentration of knowledge worker types on HN, who, in many cases, went straight into tech and haven't had to deal with truly shitty work experiences. I'm reminded of my brother's roommate at Carnegie Mellon who went straight into a (scholarship-funded) Master's program, then a FAANG immediately out of school musing about how easy it is to have insurance, a nice car, and "why can't they just figure it out?". Super nice guy, but also living in a different universe.