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Relax. I guess I should've said - "What I perceive as your own collective interest," although I would argue that was implied. I didn't intend to be arrogant at

• staticman2 6y ago
  The poster that attacked you is repeating a conservative pundit talking point I've seen. Call me cynical but I suspect if the vote had gone pro-union and you had written "Don't the workers realize unions are against their own economic interests?" said poster would have written "Amen!" rather than calling you paternalistic.
  • peytn 6y ago
    I dunno, it’s better on HN to give people the benefit of the doubt. The overlap of software engineer and conservative punditry consumer is pretty small relatively speaking. It’s not like the ideas put forth are too convoluted for somebody to have on their own.
• macinjosh 6y ago
  "The two jobs that I was in a union, the union was massively beneficial to my life." Just because the union was beneficial does not mean it was better to have it around than not to. You only experienced one side of the coin in those situations.
  • Loughla 6y ago
    I didn't feel like typing out everything involved, but yes, it was better than not having it. Both positions became unionized during my tenure with those organizations. The pay, benefits, and time-off benefits were much better as a union shop than before we unionized. I know it is just my experience, so it's very anecdotal evidence at best. And that was my point - that is my experience, which is why I'm confused by the massive vote against unionization. I, personally, do not understand it and would like to.