I’m in a union, and I get anti-union mail once or twice a month from the “Freedom Foundation” telling me I can stop paying my dues but still reap the benefits that my union has fought for. Which is true until the union loses enough power that they aren’t effective. I hate those fuckers so much.
Glad to hear that most people aren’t falling for their bullshit.
E: like they throw out numbers like, “this is how much more money you’d have every year if you stopped paying.” yeah, but the only reason I get yearly inflation-based raises is because of my union. My union wants me to have money, and literally everyone else wants me to have none.
I really wish we had enforceable laws against bold faced lies like these. There really should be penalties for bad faith arguments and manipulation.
Well, they aren’t lying. It’s true that I’d still get all my union benefits if I stopped paying into it.* I’m sure I work with people who don’t pay, and they probably feel like they’re smarter than the rest of us. The mailers just conveniently leave out the context that what I pay into the union has been returned tenfold by their actions, and to hurt the union is to ultimately hurt myself.
* the reason this is true is because a law exists that says that unions cannot require represented employees to pay into them, but the contracts agreed to by the union affect positions, not people, so they still benefit.
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Even 38% of people falling for this shit is too damn high.
Both my parents were union (different unions though), I’ve had a union job, sibling currently has a union job, and fuck yes to unions.
No crap. But nobody’s ready to deal with modern day Pinkertons.
That’s by design. Over time worker protection laws have been passed, thus reducing the need for protection from greedy bosses…is what I would say if it actually happened.
