unions today are not the same thing as unions in the past during the industrial revolution.
they care more about their dues and continued existence than the actual workers they serve. in more cases than not, when they do strike or do anything it hurts the workers more than the owners these days.
unions used to be a good thing for workers when they served as a balance for the value of labor, prevented things like child labor, abuses of workers, and ensured a fair wage in the absence of regulation.
without protections, workers NEED to band together to protect themselves and the value of their labor. but a lot of them today just serve to protect people and political interests that deserve no protection.
the worst teachers i ever had were heads of the departments with tenure in college, or teachers in high school who acquired tenure through a union. They literally did not have to give one shit about doing their job well or properly anymore because they were guaranteed a free pass to not get fired.
one teacher even got caught fucking another teachers kid right when they turned 18 and got in no trouble even though she was in tears -- although later he was arrested for true pedophilia when they found sex text messages between him and a student who was like 12.
without unions they couldve just fired his ass easily before it came to that and ruined his life, instead his marriage was allowed to continue being a sham for years and he probably was a predator on many other younger people because i doubt that 12 year old was the first time, he just got brazen. Ironically he was a history teacher and we had arguments over the constitution and our rights, to which i defeated him so soundly he screamed bloody murder in the halls at me for no reason just for shaming him and his supposed CIA brother and standing up for the bill of rights and the constitution. He literally tried to scare kids and tell them we have no right to rebel, bearing arms is stupid, and if we did ever try the CIA would vaporize us with secret laser weapons and shit.
when working seasonally for union companies, union workers treat non-union workers like shit even though your just lending them a hand over christmas.
"all unions are evil" is really a misnomer though, because most of the jobs which actually need some level of protection (mainly shitty low level retail or fast food type jobs) just for things like sick leave or insurance, or the ability to gain full-time work, are already disabled from even having them.
so we're in a position where the unions that exist serve the same evil interests we all hate here, and the ones that would in fact do any good are not allowed to exist and even discussing the possibility of one gets you fired.
seems real sketch to me. id say the jobs that already pay decently and provide, and are bound by existing legal protections for workers, dont actually need unions at all, and their unions work hand-in-hand with management anyway, while jobs that dont have such things have no unions.
unions today are not the same thing as unions in the past during the industrial revolution.
they care more about their dues and continued existence than the actual workers they serve. in more cases than not, when they do strike or do anything it hurts the workers more than the owners these days.
unions used to be a good thing for workers when they served as a balance for the value of labor, prevented things like child labor, abuses of workers, and ensured a fair wage in the absence of regulation.
without protections, workers NEED to band together to protect themselves and the value of their labor. but a lot of them today just serve to protect people and political interests that deserve no protection.
the worst teachers i ever had were heads of the departments with tenure in college, or teachers in high school who acquired tenure through a union. They literally did not have to give one shit about doing their job well or properly anymore because they were guaranteed a free pass to not get fired.
one teacher even got caught fucking another teachers kid right when they turned 18 and got in no trouble even though she was in tears -- although later he was arrested for true pedophilia when they found sex text messages between him and a student who was like 12.
without unions they couldve just fired his ass easily before it came to that and ruined his life, instead his marriage was allowed to continue being a sham for years and he probably was a predator on many other younger people because i doubt that 12 year old was the first time, he just got brazen. Ironically he was a history teacher and we had arguments over the constitution and our rights, to which i defeated him so soundly he screamed bloody murder in the halls at me for no reason just for shaming him and his supposed CIA brother and standing up for the bill of rights and the constitution. He literally tried to scare kids and tell them we have no right to rebel, bearing arms is stupid, and if we did ever try the CIA would vaporize us with secret laser weapons and shit.
when working seasonally for union companies, union workers treat non-union workers like shit even though your just lending them a hand over christmas.
"all unions are evil" is really a misnomer though, because most of the jobs which actually need some level of protection (mainly shitty low level retail or fast food type jobs) just for things like sick leave or insurance, or the ability to gain full-time work, are already disabled from even having them.
so we're in a position where the unions that exist serve the same evil interests we all hate here, and the ones that would in fact do any good are not allowed to exist and even discussing the possibility of one gets you fired.
seems real sketch to me. id say the jobs that already pay decently and provide, and are bound by existing legal protections for workers, dont actually need unions at all, and their unions work hand-in-hand with management anyway, while jobs that dont have such things have no unions.