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I mean there is nothing wrong with the whole "built-by-union-workers"-thingy. its more all of the Bureaucracy involved thats stupid.
by derelicta 4y ago
I mean there is nothing wrong with the whole "built-by-union-workers"-thingy. its more all of the Bureaucracy involved thats stupid.
- throwawaysleep 4y agoNothing wrong with lazy and unaccountable workers?
- derelicta 4y ago
- throwawaysleep 4y agoI work for the government in one of my jobs. I see it all the time.
- derelicta 4y agoNot to downplay your observations but thats mostly anecdotal. Also, I think professionals working in STEM fields should be careful not to encourage this race-to-the-bottom wage-wise for workers, for it may also happen to us sooner than we may hope.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 4y agoThere’s nothing wrong with a $1.70m toilet either.
- kortilla 4y agoThere is if they were selected for any reason other than offering the cheapest price.
- derelicta 4y agosometimes there are other factors besides the price tag. not to defend the ridiculous amount being wasted on this.
- nemo44x 4y agoThere's a lot of issues with it. It's de facto bribery to buy votes from labor unions. If a union can win the job in a free and open auction then so be it. But it shouldn't be awarded to them just because. There's a reason we have transparency in the bidding process for government work. This is cronyism.
- LanceH 4y agoNothing wrong with paying non-union livable wages, either. Except that they don't contribute politically, of course.