Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize
by 1123581321 on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:55PM
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I agree conditions could be improved, and that we are probably near the peak of anti-union sentiment. I don’t agree unionization will transform these stores. Many grocery store chains are unionized and the jobs are still loathed. I understand the fear is that Amazon will make the job worse than merely loathed and perhaps the status quo union is enough to prevent that. I don’t think a union can change that impression you’re getting when you shop.
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Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize
by 2bitmachine on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:47AM
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> Many grocery store chains are unionized and the jobs are still loathed.
Unions aren't about undoing alienation under Capitalism, they're about making Capitalism survivable for laborers.
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize
by 1123581321 on Saturday September 08, 2018 @02:10PM
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That may be, but the person to which I responded said that they can tell people need unions when they shop. They wouldn’t be able to tell if people are making their budgets meet at home, just whether they seem to enjoy their jobs.