• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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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.