• jcrm@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    What the fuck are you talking about? This is about as correct of a statement you could have on this topic.

    Maybe your anti-union bullshit needs a reminder that union workers literally died for your rights as a worker. Y’know, like having weekends and child labour laws?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah not sure exactly what a union even has to be “sorry” about in regards to a bunch of evil pieces of shit doing terrible things oversees

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Possibly for the tweet by one CUPE account on Twitter which said something like “Palestine is rising” on the eve of the Hamas attack. I think it subsequently got deleted and rightfully so.

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      1 year ago

      having weekends and child labour laws?

      Careful with this one, as it can open the door to questions as to what Unions have done for non-members in the last 50 years.

      Unions are great - my day job is union I.T and so was my last - but I’m only keenly aware of how a dear friend fought his dismissal on grounds that were so bad it was a human rights / disabilities case, and after a blazing victory he won … severance. It’d be neat-o if our unions could remember who else lives in this country and fight for rights outside their little club.

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        1 year ago

        Unions can’t do anything for people they don’t represent. Especially when there’s been rampant union busting and propaganda leading to a massive drop in union memberships and solidarity actions.

        They’ve been trying, but when people vote against unionization, there’s little they can do.

      • TiresomeOuting@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Even within unions it can be bad. I was in a union and the company did something against the contact so I talked to the union reps. They told me I shouldn’t grieve because the company gets mad at me, but I insisted so they said they’d look into it and get back to me. A month later they said they asked but found out there is a three week window so I missed it.