• @fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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    1417 hours ago

    Never got why small government guys would support it where I lived. It’s just the government stepping in to limit the union on behalf of big corporations

    • @_bcron@midwest.social
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      314 hours ago

      The most common argument I’ve heard, totally boiled down: “unions just protect the bad workers and if there weren’t unions the best workers would be able to get get paid more than those guys”.

      But I also hear this kinda stuff predominantly from people who aren’t in professions that commonly benefit from collective bargaining. Most pipefitters understand that even a free rider benefits from collective bargaining, and that without unions it’s more often a race to the bottom rather than getting obscene raises for meritous reasons. The dude who drives parts for NAPA or whatever is usually the guy to say unions are dumb