[captainzidgel]

> IF YOU’RE PAYING DUES… it will be RESTRICTIVE meaning it won’t be easy to be as helpful and social with each other. So be a DOER, stay friendly and get things done versus paying dues

What is this line even supposed to mean? Probably the most incomprehensible union busting talking point I've ever heard.

[drak0n1c]

My wife worked in the event planning industry - the few unionized venues she had to deal with were a huge pain loaded with restrictions. As a client you couldn't even move a table by yourself on the spot - a union employee had to do it as part of an assigned task. Perhaps it's warning of similar red tape that gets in the way of doing work directly.

[ineedasername]

I was confused at that as well. Ultimately I decided it was a veiled threat that management would be angry and make their lives harder.

[scotth]

That, or they're pitting union and non-union members against each other.

[ineedasername]

Usually it's all or nothing: a place unionizes, everyone is a member of the union. Technically, you could say "no I'm not going to be a member". But you're still part of what is called the bargaining unit. In some cases it is even possible to opt out of the union dues... there was a Supreme Court case about it recently that came down on the side of allowing opt-out, but I don't know the full extent/ramifications of that ruling.

[Meph504]

The ramifications are pretty massive. here is a decent summary.

https://www3.swipeclock.com/blog/union-employers-what-you-ne...

[Hamuko]

"Doer" sounds like they're trying to bring in the "maker" moniker into jobs where you don't really make anything. "Maker" sounds fun and positive - you're someone who creates something! Not really it has the same kind of effect when you're not making anything and you're just doing what you were ordered to do.

[chordalkeyboard]

Probably the part where some employees will pay dues and some won’t, introducing a rift between employees where formerly there was none.