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by GJim 811 days ago
> I'm definitely in favor of breaking up the *capitalists*. I don't see why we should let a small group of people hold the whole economy hostage just to enrich themselves.

See what I did there?

The hostility to unions on this forum comes near exclusively from American posters, who coincidentally, have very poor workers rights compared to anywhere in the UK/EU/EEA.

Unions provide a balance of power to employers. The made our work places safer, gave us holidays and fair pay.

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We are writing these comments on a discussion site created to serve the interests of a prominent private equity firm.

Perhaps we should realize how relevant that fact is to what we read here.