Zakluor t1_itxr49k wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:56 AM

Reply to comment by AllGarbage in A second railroad union votes down Biden's tentative agreement by WutRTatersPrecious

My wife hated unions, saying, "They're always striking for money." As a unionized employee when we met, I had to keep reminding her that strikes are almost never about money alone. Money is always a factor because employers never want to keep up with inflation, but it's almost always about something more than money: working conditions of one form or another are almost always the bigger factor.

Badtrainwreck t1_itybcqs wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:59 AM

Even if it was just about money who cares? If companies are making profits that means there’s an opportunity to raise wages. People seem to think unions are the problem because employees want more wages, but the fact is that employees want more wages and companies want more profits and because a company will never decrease profits any time workers win it’s seen as a loss for the consumer, which is insane the only people who always look good are the investors who are putting in zero effort towards the company