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I don't think the answer to mistreatment is for non-unionized workers to pull the unionized workers down into the crab pot with them -- at the end of the day, w
by vore 3y ago
I don't think the answer to mistreatment is for non-unionized workers to pull the unionized workers down into the crab pot with them -- at the end of the day, we are all labor (unless you control the capital), and infighting instead of solidarity only makes labor's bargaining position worse.
- alickz 3y agoI could see infighting happening between the unions Some fictional programmer union wants AI, actors union does not want AI Both strike, who wins?
- ecf 3y ago> infighting instead of solidarity Well, it would be easier for non-unionized workers to empathize with unionized if they stopped the ridiculous cancelling/blackmailing/ostracizing of workers who take up “union work”. It’s beyond anticompetitive to go on strike while simultaneously making it career suicide for a young professional who just graduated or something from accepting what would otherwise be a career defining opportunity. The WAG is notorious for this.
- vore 3y agoLike it or not, unions have to come down pretty hard on strikebreakers, since they undermine their bargaining position. If the purpose of a strike is to withhold labor from the employer, someone who is otherwise providing labor is directly sabotaging their goal.