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I feel like there has to be a better example than one of the least-healthy industries lol

• tyingq 6y ago
  Actually, that makes it a great example right now. Air travel is down drastically. I would expect most of them would be out of work if they weren't unionized. That's not the case. Many of them are being paid quite a lot to sit at home right now. And no major airline is declaring bankruptcy, despite the prolonged decline.
  • whimsicalism 6y ago
    To be fair, airlines did get billions of dollars in direct grants from the federal government to pay workers.
    • tyingq 6y ago
      They did, with quite a lot of pressure from their unions to push for that. The unionized workers got more favorable pay/leave programs than the non-unionized ones.
      • Matticus_Rex 6y ago
        Right, but we call that "crony capitalism."