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that little detail, everyone seems to miss...
by readhn 7y ago
that little detail, everyone seems to miss...
- refurb 7y agoDoes it matter? They asked their union to represent them along with the other UCSC union members (they are a small part of the members). The union did so, and they are held to that contract.
- epistasis 7y agoIf somebody bargains on your behalf, and you have no way to reject what they bargained for, can you really say that they acted in your behalf at all?
- crummy 7y agoYou just need to form a union-union (meta-union?) to bargain with your union.
- refurb 7y agoSure. That comes with the territory of joining a union. The union negotiates on behalf of all members under the contract. If they didn't want that arrangement, they shouldn't have joined a union or that union in particular.
- asdff 7y agoSo what now? CA is a closed shop state, the students can't cancel their membership and join a new one. So they strike without the support of their union, their union gets sued by UC, and now their union is countersuing for a cost of living adjustment as of three days ago. If all pans out, taking this wildcat strike was exactly the right move to make. https://uaw2865.org/uc-student-worker-union-files-unfair-labor-practice-charge-against-the-university/ https://uaw2865.org/uc-student-worker-union-files-unfair-lab...
- ajross 7y agoThis is missing the point of what collective bargaining is about. The whole idea is that you give up some autonomy over your situation so that you and all your compatriots can negotiate in unison for a deal that is better, in aggregate, than what you all could do individually. No, it's not always perfectly fair, but it does work. Tearing that deal up like this is effectively throwing all the other members of the union under the bus, because now UC has reason not to trust the union can keep its bargains. If you want to support organized labor you can't be selfish. It just doesn't work.