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Thanks. You have experience with unions in the real world, which the vast majority of American "progressives" don't. The union often turns into another bureauc

Thanks. You have experience with unions in the real world, which the vast majority of American "progressives" don't. The union often turns into another bureaucracy which has forgotten its original mission, and now exists just to feed itself. Your meat processing plant example is a good one -- the union leaders apparently just want to keep their cushy life and avoid trouble. Nonetheless, as I said, if you're an Amazon warehouse worker and the company doesn't give a shit about you, then yeah, a union could look like the least-bad alternative.

kennend3 4y ago
Not sure where you are, but spend a few mins and see all the not-so-good things the unions have done here (Ontario, canada). The idea of "forgotten its missing" really rings true here. Every election they create some sort of "working family coalition" or such and spend millions on attack-ads. They have their guy in government and want them to win? Why exactly are unions involved in politics? Why is this even allowed? Is this something the dues-paying members support, having millions of their dollars used on attack-ads? Finally the party the unions seem dislike won a majority and passed laws to prevent this in the future: https://www.blakes.com/insights/bulletins/2021/ontario-passes-new-third-party-advertising-restric https://www.blakes.com/insights/bulletins/2021/ontario-passe... The law was struck down as "unconstitutional" so the leading party used the "notwithstanding" clause to make it pass. Look who was fighting it - "Working Families Ontario " This is not families, but unions. I dont know why they dont simply say "Ontario unions" instead of "working families"?