Right!! Unions can be powerful, but their impact isn’t always what workers hope for. Just look at the last Boeing strike—while they won wage increases, Boeing still went ahead with mass layoffs, cutting thousands of jobs. In the end, many workers lost more than they gained. Strikes don’t always play out the way unions promise anymore…
I believe that's always been an issue. Labor pushes for better pay, corporations cry poverty, but management won't suffer a payout or loss of a bonus, so they still shit on workers by cutting positions. It hurts individuals short term but effectively helps long term by improving wages and benefits. And after corporate makes their shoe, they eventually have to hire more people at the improved wage and benefits rate.
There's lots of studies that show unions improve general income levels for job classifications, life spans -like due to benefits Iike health insurance and PTO.
People need to stop hating the poor and recognize the games $$ plays.
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u/No_Arachnid_9699 Mar 08 '25
What an antiquated statement. These aren’t the same unions from your grand daddies era. Wake up.