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> community support structure ...what do you think a union is? I feel as though you're imagining the Big Bad Union that big companies love to describe. A unio
by afavour 3y ago
> community support structure
...what do you think a union is?
I feel as though you're imagining the Big Bad Union that big companies love to describe. A union can be in whatever form you wish it to be. If software engineers wish to band together to form a union solely to improve their health insurance then they could just do that.
- zaphar 3y agoI don't get to pick unions. I get to pick my community support structures. Who I marry, which church,friend group,local community group I join? Those are all voluntary. Unions are not voluntary so they can't really be a community support group in the sense I mean.
- afavour 3y agoOf course you do, you can choose to not take a job with an attached union you don't like. As you said, there are plenty of opportunities out there!
- zaphar 3y agoYou are correct! But we are discussing why I personally would vote against one at an employer. It would take an otherwise reasonable and enjoyable employer and turn them into a place I no longer want to work.
- M2Ys4U 3y ago>I don't get to pick unions. >Unions are not voluntary Not all of my colleagues are in a union, and some of those that are are in a different union to me (albeit a minority of them). It works.