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btmalon t1_je04f1z wrote

And guess what the max penalty for union busting is? They have to rehire the employees and pay a pittance of a fine. There's 0 reason for companies not to bust unions under the current law and that's why unions have been declining for decades.

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HanaBothWays t1_je03zgy wrote

> Also very coincidental that the union had the statement prepared beforehand, but sure.

Union organizers getting fired for “unrelated” reasons is as old as unions themselves. So of course the union has prepared statements ready to go for situations like this - almost any union does. It’s like having a fire extinguisher in your kitchen.

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Toad32 t1_je031cj wrote

I'll take this one step further - the unions where I work only contain lazy people who get great pay and work less hard than every other branch.

Good for them, bad for the organization as a whole.

Unions in theory are great for workers, I've just yet to see a good working example that isn't corrupt.

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Moody_GenX t1_jdzzzc0 wrote

I was in a union one time in my 35 hears of working. It was my last job at a large grocery chain. We couldn't get fired unless you didn't work for 60 days, stole something or went to work for competition. We had a guy that would just leave mid shift to go drive for Uber. Wouldn't say anything to anyone, just fucking dip out. Management could only reprimand him. Him and I got into once when he tried calling me off a break 5 minutes early. I got reprimanded for telling him to fuck off in front of customers. I fucking hated that place.

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halfanothersdozen t1_jdzwzhe wrote

He said she said between the employer and the union. If Apple had "cause" there's not much they can do about it. If you bite the hand that feeds you don't be surprised when they go looking for reasons to fire you.

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