• foggy@lemmy.world
    88·
    3 months ago

    Whenever you meet somebody who tells you that they’re against unions, join in with them. But focus on police unions only, go hard on their monopolization of violence. Be all in on Unions going away, because it would mean police would no longer have qualified immunity.

    Watch their faces.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      Unions aren’t the ones that are making qualified immunity a thing. It certainly helps their recruiting.

      It’s the courts and, to a greater extent, the cities that hire them, that have allowed it to go on.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    864·
    3 months ago

    Today I learned that 23% of the country have an IQ of that: 23

    This totally brings to mind the anti labor and Union poster I saw for an airline where they said with your union dues within a couple of months you’ll be able to buy that PS5.

    I’m like: motherfucker, I can buy that PS5 immediately and have money left over IN ONE PAYCHECK because I’m in a union.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      14·
      3 months ago

      I wonder why the figure is about union disapproval, seems strange to me.

      “Thank you for participating in the survey! In your opinion, do you disapprove of unions that tend to do nothing but steal wages from hard-working American families’ pockets?”

    • Jardthebard@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 months ago

      I work for a unionized airline and a lot of people bitch and moan that we have to pay dues roughly equal to 2% of our income. I always remind people that our non-unionized competitor pays their employees a flat 10% less than we get paid. So we make more, get union protection, and a ton of other benefits by being unionized. I have no problem paying union dues.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      10·
      3 months ago

      I get anti-union propaganda in the mail. I’ve only gotten things a couple times, but I’ve always made sure to give them a call and let them know why I never want them to send anything to me ever again.

      So gross.

    • SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      6·
      3 months ago

      My employer is negotiating with one of the unions right now, and they keep sending everyone email updates on the negotiations that very clearly are trying to get those of us that aren’t in a bargaining unit to feel annoyed at the union for asking for more in raises than the rest of us got. It’s having the opposite effect - it’s making us feel like upper management aren’t negotiating in good faith, and making me wish my position was eligible to be in the union

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
      10·
      3 months ago

      With very few exceptions. The police union in Chicago is a goddamn monster that needs to be broken up.

  • Orbituary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    391·
    3 months ago

    I wish articles wouldn’t use double negatives like this.

    Is “approval” at a 57 year low, or is “disapproval” low? Meaning, if disapproval is low, does that mean more people approve now?

    I did read the article, by the way. I just feel like the wording could be better. I’m glad to see approval is so high. I wish access to unions was better.

    • GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
      201·
      3 months ago

      I think approval and disapproval ratings are two different things that do not necessarily correlate.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      91·
      3 months ago

      Neutral and ambivalent opinions also exist.

      Saying “disapproval rate at all time low” paints a more complete picture than “approval or neutral opinion at all time high.”

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      does that mean more people approve now?

      No. If you read the article, you’ll find that approval is slightly lower than in 2022.

      Likewise, when polls report “Trump disapproval at all time high” it does not necessarily mean “Trump approval at all time low”.

      • Orbituary@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I literally said I read the article. It’s in my post. Maybe if you read my post instead of the first sentence, you’d realize what I dislike is the use of double-negatives generally.

        • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          You read the article but asked a question that is answered in the third paragraph.

          70% of Americans said they approved of unions, per Gallup’s most recent poll, conducted in August. That’s just one point shy of the record hit in 2022

          And “disapproval hits 57-year low” is not a double negative, for the same reason “homelessness hits 57-year low” is not a double negative.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    15·
    3 months ago

    Good! The reagan era brainwashed us to think unions are bad for employees and society. Unions are good for employees and society. They’re only bad for greedy fatcats capturing untold wealth.