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Unions are generally good if your living situation, and needs generally mirror the majority of your co-workers. However if you have unique needs, or desires th
by syshum 5y ago
Unions are generally good if your living situation, and needs generally mirror the majority of your co-workers.
However if you have unique needs, or desires then your needs will take a back seat over the "majority"
In modern society we seem to have a majoritarian view of everything, and are losing individualism.
An example of this is the often advocated for Maternity / Paternity leave, this is something that is often fought for by unions as the majority of employees need / desire that leave. However if you are someone that do not intention of ever having children then you may prefer more Vacation time, or more PTO time, or greater health benefits in some other arena, your desires however will be ignored because the Majority wants the Maternity / Paternity leave
- CPLX 5y agoThis is such a common myth that ignores that industries with absolutely extreme variations in skill and compensation between individual workers work quite well with unions, like the entertainment and professional sports unions.
- syshum 5y agoIt does not ignore it, because those "unions" are not the type of unions people generally talk about in the US when they talk about Employment Unions, and would not be the unions employed in the US for Uber which would most certainly be a Closed Shop and not allow for the range of individualized labor deals you are talking about when it comes to unions for Entertainment and Sports, those unions are the EXCEPTION not the rule when it comes to Labor Unions in the US