toomanypancakes@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoNone of this "what are you thankful for" shit today. What's something you hate? message-squaremessage-square299linkfedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1282arrow-down1message-squareNone of this "what are you thankful for" shit today. What's something you hate? toomanypancakes@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square299linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·10 days agoLabor Day isn’t about celebrating work, it’s about appreciating the gains organized labor has made for working people.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·10 days agoUnion employment has dropped off a cliff the last few decades, we won’t be celebrating it much longer.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 days agoThe US doesn’t celebrate the real one (May Day) anyway
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoI’ve been wondering if that’s gonna turn around, given all the wins in the US over the last few years (John Deere, Starbucks, Amazon)
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days agoNot with a gutted Dept of Labor and a Democrat party that’s utterly spineless
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoHa, but we have an ace up or sleeve with the hard hitting maverick Chuck Schumer!
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoSure, but I don’t think union power comes from the government… (Obviously the government influences how easy it is to organise, but they aren’t the drivers)
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoNo, but without an NLRB with teeth, businesses aren’t going to be forced to accept those contracts. Strikes work but theyre not good for anyone.
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoI don’t think they are meant to be good for anyone? And strikes and other union activity were one of the drivers for the formation of the NLRB, right? (From reading wikipedia, I’m not American)
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoWell the “I’d pay you more if you weren’t in a union” type less have been pretty thoroughly trashed these days.
Labor Day isn’t about celebrating work, it’s about appreciating the gains organized labor has made for working people.
Union employment has dropped off a cliff the last few decades, we won’t be celebrating it much longer.
The US doesn’t celebrate the real one (May Day) anyway
I’ve been wondering if that’s gonna turn around, given all the wins in the US over the last few years (John Deere, Starbucks, Amazon)
Not with a gutted Dept of Labor and a Democrat party that’s utterly spineless
Ha, but we have an ace up or sleeve with the hard hitting maverick Chuck Schumer!
Sure, but I don’t think union power comes from the government… (Obviously the government influences how easy it is to organise, but they aren’t the drivers)
No, but without an NLRB with teeth, businesses aren’t going to be forced to accept those contracts. Strikes work but theyre not good for anyone.
I don’t think they are meant to be good for anyone?
And strikes and other union activity were one of the drivers for the formation of the NLRB, right? (From reading wikipedia, I’m not American)
Well the “I’d pay you more if you weren’t in a union” type less have been pretty thoroughly trashed these days.