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reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Divide people, threaten them with punishment for organizing unions and discussing wages. Fire organizers. Misinformation etc.

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• Tower@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Appealing to self-centeredness is one way.

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  • reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oddly I saw this and thought it was a pro union ad because that’s pretty cheap

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    • Tower@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If you work full time (~2080/yr), then $700 amounts to $0.33 (33¢) per hour, or about $27 per biweekly paycheck. Any union worth their salt will certainly get wages increased by more than that. Unfortunately, for a lot of people at or near poverty, that $27 makes a huge difference.

      Same thing with fighting anti-union activity by your employer - yeah, it’s federally protected and you’ll likely win in court and get back pay, but few can afford to not get paid for the intervening months while it works its way through the system.

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    • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Unions aren’t even that expensive, here they cost about €4-22 a month, depending on your net disposable income and whether you study or not.

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  • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yep this is the main line of attack.

    “UnIoN DueS wILL sTeAL yOUr wAgEs”

    $700 per year is 37 cents per hour, and you’re sure as shit to get a better raise than that every year in a union (on average).

    Every sign like that just needs a little sticker: “That’s $x.xx per hour and they work to get you better raises”

    Propaganda defeated

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