Don't we like video games to relax after a hard day's work?
Submitted 2 days ago by SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to workreform@lemmy.world
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mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I know craftsmen who could certainly build one for cheaper than that…
mattyroses@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
look man, I’ve tried those cheap Algerian knockoffs - most of the time, you’re lucky if you get 2 or 3 Marquees under the fucker before it starts warping, much less taking it onto the bourgeoise pigs and their fat necks.
Don’t be fooled, you get what you pay for here.
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Everyone’s got a guillotine guy
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
How much do your union busting consultants cost Delta?
I bet it is a fuckload more than that.
kubica@fedia.io 2 days ago
@supersquirrel They could buy us even more games
Godort@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 day ago
This is what literally popped into my head when I read the blatant anti-union propaganda.
axx@slrpnk.net 11 hours ago
Impossible to say if this poster is from this month or from the 80s.
Apart from the Saturn-shaped controller, which means post 90s.
smh@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
With the retroactive salary increase my union just got me, I could buy several gaming systems. [meme of dude tapping his head]
Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Huh, it’s apparently called “Roll Safe”: knowyourmeme.com/memes/roll-safe
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I swear to all the fucking gods, I’m contrarian enough that even if I were anti union, this shitty attempt at manipulation would make me jump on board.
Like, fuck, don’t insult my fucking intelligence like that
kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For whoever reported this as Anti-Union Propaganda, you are correct. However, this post has been approved because it’s blatantly awful as a piece of propaganda. Anyone who thinks that this post provides a convincing argument, please add your comment to the thread to promote discussion. :)
agentTeiko@piefed.social 2 days ago
Its a shame no one puts a sticker that says Union dues are like an investment that will pay off in dividends way above 700
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Right? What kind of union isn’t benefiting their members to the tune of $700 a year? Especially one that’s charging those kinds of dues should well be able to.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Average annual salary is slightly less than $70k annually in the US. A union that gets you even a meager 3% raise annually is ~$2100 in increased income or 3x what your dues is.
Bunch of fucking wankers.
Taldan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Delta pilots are unionized. Wide body captains are making over $700k/year
I can see why Delta doesn’t want the rest of their employees unionizing. I don’t see why they haven’t
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Pilots make more money if they’re fatasses!? Where do I sign up!?
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Fuck union busters, fuck carpet baggers, fuck scabs, fuck corpos, and most of all fuck 12.
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I joined a union after a previous manager started coming after me (cos they were a bit power mad) and I could only sue them when they fired me thanks to the union resources. Otherwise, I would have had to leave fuming but powerless like everyone else had. Unions are totally worth it!
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Yeah! Buy a gaming console instead of having support against us, the mighty abusive employers! Getting fair wages is just dumb when you can play video games.
By the way, why so expensive? I pay 8 euros monthly, from my bruto income. While they made sure my previous employer didn’t fuck me over, for a staggering 5 years long fight. I had 5 lawyers. For 8 euros per month. And I won, which I couldn’t have done myself.
starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 days ago
wait, i cannot tell if this is real. it’s to absurd to be real but it’s also american so i’m lost
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s sadly real. From a few years ago. www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-48225646
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
You know who I trust to tell me how to live my life? Big faceless corporations. They obviously want what’s best for me more than they care about their bottom line.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Coincidentally, unions might be the only things that could still save the AAA side of the games industry…
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think the current AAA system should die. It’s brutal for the people making games and it’s completely unsustainable in the long run.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
I’d expect more unionization to mechanically reduce games scope by increasing workers hourly compensation. And progressively remove authority from the MBA guys
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“Buy this thing so you don’t notice while we take advantage of you.”
I’m honestly surprised they aren’t telling us to buy something Delta sells to complete the grift.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Bread and circuses baby, bread and circuses
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not much for circuses, but I’d like to hear more about this “bread?”
Tiral@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Uniona are kinda a strange duck. Employers hate them, but technically shouldn’t care because if they were in fact not trying to fuck you constantly then unions wouldn’t get people very far.
On the other hand as a union worker myself, I’ve seen some of the laziest biggest pieces of shit not get fired because we’re union. So it isn’t sunshine and rainbows for either side.
katzimir@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d rather some lazy fucker gets to live comfortably with a living wage like anyone else than some lazy rich fucktard gets to live super duper comfy while everyone else suffers. Theres always low performer for whatever reason (its rarely pure lazyness), a healthy society can carry them.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Free riders are a feature, not a bug. High unions make everything better for almost everyone. The only ones who benefit from union-busting are the ownership class, because ultimately they only work in a competitive market when the ownership isn’t hoarding more than their share.
Snapz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re focused on the wrong enemy.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve seen some of the laziest biggest pieces of shit not get fired because we’re union.
It doesnt need to be this way, but through corruption or other means this has happened.
Like the room in NY with teachers that just sit in it all day because they cant be fired.
GarboDog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ok but here’s the thing… you can regicide the price of the union with the company and hand the company pay for most of your union dues and realistically 700/year isn’t bad for job security, higher wages, better hours and better benefits aswell as various other things that not being in a union would be impossible. This union busting is madly illegal and really fucked up. Hate US companies
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
the_armchair_potato@lemmy.world 1 day ago
$700 lol 😆…I wish . Try $4500/year and worth every penny. GO UNION!!!
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Union dues are tax deductible where I am, quick ddg says no in the US?
TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Work expenses are tax deductible… Union dues are work expenses… Same with safety equipment such as steel toe boots and FR clothing, uniforms etc
kevinsky@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Big corporations actively campaigning against you doing something like this is always a pretty safe bet that the opposite of what they want is in your interest.
almost_genocide@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
SatansMaggotyCumFart prefers MAGA to leftists.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 15 hours ago
Putting the ad hominem to the side if that is what you got out of that conversation I think it’s most a reading comprehension issue.
Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I think you’re forgetting the etiquette of the fediverse.
They ain’t being a nuisance here, so why the nagging?
Avicenna@programming.dev 2 days ago
This looks illegal
medem@lemmy.wtf 2 days ago
Not in Gringoland, nope. Union-busting behaviour is routine there. Something that is well documented and studied.
BTW: great username!
makeshift0546@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Based on what 🤣 Jesus people 🤦♂️
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Based on good laws and regulations in countries where the freedoms of the people outweighs the freedoms of corporations.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Based on laws from other democratic countries who aren’t even particularly fond of unions as a whole, but still didn’t go full mask off capitalism.
Fun task for you if you want to learn more about this : research why labor day is May 1st basically everywhere else in the world, but not in the US (and Canada).
Avicenna@programming.dev 1 day ago
One could argue that by presenting factually wrong data about union benefits the employer is contradicting the following:
It is unlawful for an employer to subject a worker to any detriment by any act or deliberate omission where the sole or main purpose is:
•to prevent or deter them from taking part in the activities of an independent trade union at an appropriate time
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I think I pay 60€ per 3 months, so 240 per year, and I get a part of it back after submitting some form.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You also (probably) get regular raises and healthcare
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yes, our country has wage indexation and healthcare.
morto@piefed.social 2 days ago
Don’t think. Don’t organize. Just consume.
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
So $58.33 per month or like 3.65 McDonald’s double Bacon quarter pounder with cheese meals per month.
iocase@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
That’s roughly what I pay and I just got two retroactive 3% raises and a massive increase in my benefits thanks to my union. My employer wanted to cut people or freeze pay and the union made them back down in everything. We got everything we wanted and didn’t need to compromise… Worth every penny in union dues. I’ll have a cheque for a few thousands dollars mid July now.
Unionize!
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Not all unions are good but not having a union is typically far worse.
glimse@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My first job in high school was at a grocery store with a union and they did jack shit for me when I got fired for something out of my control. Almost a year later they called and told me they could get me my job back but I wouldn’t get back pay and I owed them X months of union dues. It soured my opinion on unions for years.
Nowadays, I wish everyone would unionize.
warbond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Those were the sorts of stories I heard about unions when I was growing up. Want to clean up a mess? Sorry, union rules say you have to wait for another guy to get here to do it.
I always felt like unions just got in the way of doing things logically or quickly, but I’m pretty sure those stories and comments were intended to do that. Nowadays I know better, and I agree with you: we need unions now more than ever.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Any governing body of any form needs attention, particularly ones that have the power to tax.
Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I’m pretty sure this falls under a railway labor act violation.
And yes, workers in aviation get lumped under the railway labor act when it comes to unionizing.
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So what you’re saying, is that Delta employees are so stupid, that they fall for this shit?
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 day ago
I was going to say that it got a lot of negative attention.
But seeing that Delta employees still aren’t fully unionized may mean you’re right.
architect@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
They think gamers are fucking stupid. It’s too bad they are right.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Really just people in general, not gamers in particular.
diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Gamergate proved that they are indeed fucking stupid.
K1nsey6@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If im getting union wages I can do both