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by chrisseaton 1411 days ago
Ours just did nonsense like run a cafe.
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empyrrhicist 1411 days ago
Are you thinking of "union" in the sense of a building or common area? That's different. I mean an actual union chapter.
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chrisseaton 1411 days ago
The National Union of Students is a pretty big and active union in the UK. I don't know what qualifies something as an 'actual union chapter' or not.
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light_hue_1 1411 days ago
That's a union as in, we're students getting together to have fun.

People here are talking about a union as in organized labor. Where you have a leadership who negotiates a contract with the university, where you're a dues paying member, where you go on strike when advisors systematically abuse students.

You aren't part of a union sadly :(

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chrisseaton 1411 days ago
> Where you have a leadership who negotiates a contract with the university, where you're a dues paying member, where you go on strike when advisors systematically abuse students.

The NUS does all these things though. They have a leadership who negotiates with the university, they strike sometimes (a bit self-defeating - nobody suffers except their own education,) they take dues from you (via the university, so you don't see them.) They even campaign against politicians, and once made a concerted effort to get members of parliament unseated. That's more than most blue-collar unions do.

Except negotiate contracts, as you don't have a contract because... you're a student not labour - the crux of the issue under discussion!

But you're right I wasn't part of it - I opted out because as I say all they really achieved was running a mediocre cafe.

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