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I watched this John Oliver[0] a few days ago which shows that apparently (I am not from the US and also have never had to deal with unions) it does not matter a

I watched this John Oliver[0] a few days ago which shows that apparently (I am not from the US and also have never had to deal with unions) it does not matter anyway illegal or not. [0] https://youtu.be/Gk8dUXRpoy8 https://youtu.be/Gk8dUXRpoy8

hhggffdd 5y ago
You really shouldn’t get your news from a comedian.
- tluyben2 5y ago
  Yeah, I am not crazy. I know him a lot longer than this show. But I learned this from the show (I do not care much about the subject as unions are kind of normal here so as an employer I don't care either way) and looked up a few points which seem true. I should have added a ? At the end. Is it not true? That it is illegal to fire but that the repercussions are almost nothing for the company? I see they are trying to make far harsher laws against this in some articles but for now it seems a mess no?
  - djanogo 5y ago
    "Yeah, I am not crazy" ... "I learned this from the show" - Pick one. Like other commenters said he provides VERY biased view of any issue that he covers. If you want to understand laws of _other_ countries you would have understand lot more laws and precedents for those laws. Anything you "learn" from drive by political skit is garbage.
disneygibson 5y ago
John Oliver is a biased comedian out for laughs. You should never take his “investigations” as anything more than entertainment.
- tragictrash 5y ago
  If you actually watched him, you would know that he takes on a lot of hard hitting issues. It is a comedy show, but it's not there to educate you on these subjects. It is there to pique your intrest, and to inform you that an alternate way of looking at the subject exists, and you should go learn more about it.
- actually_a_dog 5y ago
  Is he any more or less biased than any other journalist out there? Everything in this video was factual. Do you have criticisms of the actual content besides that it was entertaining? Edit: re: "investigations" This isn't investigative reporting. You could have put the information in this segment together sans comedian from your laptop with probably 20 minutes of googling. It's all well known facts that are out there that he's bringing to the surface.

hhggffdd 5y ago

You really shouldn’t get your news from a comedian.

tluyben2 5y ago
Yeah, I am not crazy. I know him a lot longer than this show. But I learned this from the show (I do not care much about the subject as unions are kind of normal here so as an employer I don't care either way) and looked up a few points which seem true. I should have added a ? At the end. Is it not true? That it is illegal to fire but that the repercussions are almost nothing for the company? I see they are trying to make far harsher laws against this in some articles but for now it seems a mess no?
- djanogo 5y ago
  "Yeah, I am not crazy" ... "I learned this from the show" - Pick one. Like other commenters said he provides VERY biased view of any issue that he covers. If you want to understand laws of _other_ countries you would have understand lot more laws and precedents for those laws. Anything you "learn" from drive by political skit is garbage.

disneygibson 5y ago

John Oliver is a biased comedian out for laughs. You should never take his “investigations” as anything more than entertainment.

tragictrash 5y ago
If you actually watched him, you would know that he takes on a lot of hard hitting issues. It is a comedy show, but it's not there to educate you on these subjects. It is there to pique your intrest, and to inform you that an alternate way of looking at the subject exists, and you should go learn more about it.
actually_a_dog 5y ago
Is he any more or less biased than any other journalist out there? Everything in this video was factual. Do you have criticisms of the actual content besides that it was entertaining? Edit: re: "investigations" This isn't investigative reporting. You could have put the information in this segment together sans comedian from your laptop with probably 20 minutes of googling. It's all well known facts that are out there that he's bringing to the surface.