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user-inactivated · 2640 days ago · link · · parent · post: U.S. Employers Struggle To Match Workers With Open Jobs
We are union. I'm proud to be union. I work where I do because of the union. That said: Business unionism sucks. snoodog has some valid points. I know that as a low-ish seniority part-timer, the union as an institution doesn't give a shit about me. Individual people can be great. The institution? Fucking frustrating.
I agree with both of you in that regard. Whether a union acts in the interest of employees in general (including new ones) or in the interests of some privileged clique (e.g. senior employees, the business) is down to a number of political factors, the way in which the union is organised, etc. Iron law of oligarchy and all that.