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Just some ghouls trying to turn non-unionized workers against one of the only segments with union protections.
ghouls implies they're old and mostly harmless, but these are young, aggressive, deeply funded, and very, very dangerous
at this point I'm convinced that comments like these are LLM based and are designed to shape a narrative and keep people lax / unconcerned
at this point I'm convinced that comments like these are LLM based and are designed to shape a narrative and keep people lax / unconcerned
It is odd to me that you could be forced to pay dues to unions, and then they can take some of that money to get involved in political campaigns, potentially voting against your interests. It feels especially perverse when it is a publicly sector union, basically sending taxpayer money back to politicians.
All that said, the rich venture capitalists who are featured in this article are doing the same thing. Gathering huge sums of money and donating to PACs and distorting all of politics. I would argue they are a bigger problem in terms of drowning out the everyday American.
All that said, the rich venture capitalists who are featured in this article are doing the same thing. Gathering huge sums of money and donating to PACs and distorting all of politics. I would argue they are a bigger problem in terms of drowning out the everyday American.
> forced to pay dues to unions
If I'm forced to pay dues to a union, I'm forced to pay expropriated profits to my company. And I don't get a vote on that (or a vote on the existence of the management, board and rentiers). The company political activity is almost always to find a way to screw me over more. I can just leave? So can the people at these jobs.
If I'm forced to pay dues to a union, I'm forced to pay expropriated profits to my company. And I don't get a vote on that (or a vote on the existence of the management, board and rentiers). The company political activity is almost always to find a way to screw me over more. I can just leave? So can the people at these jobs.
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California (the titular state) is not right-to-work, so you can be forced to pay dues, but this does NOT extend to public sector jobs. The entire premise is flawed.
Public sector unions can’t do the thing you’re describing.
Unions spending money on elections: bad, evil!
Gary Tan and his VC buddies spending their money on elections: good, just even
Because as we all know US politics has a problem with unions spending millions to influence elections /s
Gary Tan and his VC buddies spending their money on elections: good, just even
Because as we all know US politics has a problem with unions spending millions to influence elections /s
This whole thing is just more wealthy business owners trying to turn the public against unions, which is an effort as old as unions.
> The Real Fight: Public Sector vs. Private Sector Unions
They claim the "Real" fight is against public sector unions, but largely blame private unions (eg. teamsters vs Waymo) in their examples.
> It’s a very bad thing for California to be the innovation center of the world and Golden Goose of the state while simultaneously the biggest, most powerful special interests want to destroy it.
Public sector jobs, respectfully, are not California's center of innovation. Again, bad-faith arguing.