• Randomgal@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    I love how people talk about joining a union like it’s making an order on Amazon.

    If it was that easy bro probably wouldn’t be asking for help.

    The reality is in a lot of cases the easier thing to do is quit and fuck everyone else.

    Unions do very little to make it easier to create a new one if you are not part of one already, and even if you have the will, you also need the network, people skills, patience, money and contacts to make it work.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
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      4 hours ago

      Okay, I have to assume you dont actually know how unions work.

      Unions arent employer specific. They can be industry specific but they dont have to be.

      You just put your city or the industry you work into your favorite search engine and give the first 5 pages a cursory look. Whatever seems most interesting, you do a little research about. It the impression is net positive, you join them. Most unions also have some kind of solidarity thing where people who dont have a lot dont have to pay a lot.

      In return, they help you with work problems, help you find new work in some cases and even strike with you.

      Please join unions.

      • tacosplease@lemmy.world
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        26 minutes ago

        Are you in the US? I just tried that for my job and found exactly as many options as expected. I’ll give you 0 guesses how many it was.