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by Aeolun 700 days ago
I make enough money, I’m happy in my position, I feel like my employer treats me fairly. Why should I want a union?

I also have nationally strong’ish labor laws.

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>strong-ish labor laws

The battle is never over. In the US labor unions reached a zenith and have been undercut and dismantled as a multi-decade project.

The incentives are clear. Our systems drives ever onward toward slavery, the only remedy is pushing back through the generations.

So you’re sure it will stay that way, because you trust management to do the right thing? Even as you get older, life treats you harshly, or the economy goes down and suddenly you’re expected to work twenty extra hours?
> So you’re sure it will stay that way, because you trust management to do the right thing

Because they’ve given me reason to believe they will? But mostly because the law makes it really hard to let go of employees when your company is doing well enough to keep them.