unionmember99

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   by unionmember99 10mo ago

   > Did you miss the last sentence or had your mind made up already by then? Is the first sentence of your comment not your thesis? Or am I to read this as you changing your own mind during this comment? I'm confused. You literally
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   by unionmember99 10mo ago

   Easy counterexample: safety. Unions have historically been on the forefront of safety improvements. Not having workers mutilated or killed -> increased wealth for all. That's not a zero-sum game. And if you think this doesn'
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   by unionmember99 10mo ago

   Member of a union here -- two, in fact! -- in unrelated industries. "1.5x for overtime, 2x for 7th day" is pretty standard. If they were hourly employees and not getting a deal similar to this before, they were getting ripped of
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   by unionmember99 10mo ago

   OK, so if you don't want a union, but you want to achieve goals which are typically fought for by unions, what exactly is the alternative mechanism you propose for achieving these goals? This sounds to me like "I don't want