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Menelvir wrote:If worker mobility was such that a worker could change employers at the drop of a hat, unions probably would never have existed in the first place.
If the best response to disgruntlement with your employer was to simply show up at a different place to work tomorrow, employers might be more thoughtful about how they treated their employees.
Some workers might have that luxury -- many do not.
60 min breaks for 9 hour shift becomes 30min per 9hour
1 week per 6 months becomes 3 days per 6 months
1-3 sick days into 0 sick days without Dr. documentation
Harrison wrote:60 min breaks for 9 hour shift becomes 30min per 9hour
1 week per 6 months becomes 3 days per 6 months
1-3 sick days into 0 sick days without Dr. documentation
I get 90 minutes of paid breaks for my 9-10 hour shift. (sometimes it's 8hrs, depends on workload)
Harrison wrote:I've never got vacation less than a year into any employment anywhere.
Harrison wrote:I've never seen a place give you zero sick days, or even personal days after accruing a certain number of hours worked for that matter.
Harrison wrote:Lack of unions in these places I've worked didn't hurt me one tiny bit, except the vacations part, but that doesn't bug me at all anyways. It's always been one year of employment before you get your vacation up here.
Harrison wrote:1 week of vacation after only 6 months? lol unions...
ClakarEQ wrote:They wrongfully assume the benefits applied today through decades of fighting will mysteriously remain when the fighters are no longer there.
BTW, I'm white collar bro, white collars will never unionize
hey all you mouthbreathing union-haters, answer me this: if unions suddenly disappeared, what do you think would happen to things like...
paid vacation
90 minute lunch breaks
company health insurance plans (including dental & vision)
matched pension/retirement plans
fucking weekends
child labor laws
OSHA and other safety codes
hazard pay
shift differential
paid sick time
paid holiday
holidays OFF for that matter
overtime pay (your individual opinion of the 40-hour work week notwithstanding)
earning more than minimum wage
minimum wage itself
brinstar wrote:so just to keep score
the two biggest union-haters here are mindia and finawin
mindia - joined a union, DIDN'T GET FREE STUFF RIGHT AWAY, left union. now hates unions, proud to work non-union, BLAMES GREEDY UNIONS
finawin - complains about shitty benefits at shitty job, refuses to realize that unionization would help him or that his job would be 100x worse if unions had never existed
meanwhile arlos and clakar and toss - who AREN'T in unions - believe they are vital to worker protections and the strength of the middle class
and the canadians are laughing at how fucked up our country is
doesn't take a genius to see where the problems come from
Maeya wrote:Answer me THIS: If non-unionized workplaces are currently offering these, why WOULD it suddenly stop?
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