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Re:Google attempted to shut down a unionization meeting in Z... by shantly on Monday October 21, 2019 @03:54PM (#21316523)
The usual counterexamples are sports player and actors' unions. Even in less glamorous areas, union doesn't always equal salary cap or salary bands or whatever. Usually their main concerns are setting a pay floor and stopping abuse / forcing humane treatment.
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Re:Google attempted to shut down a unionization meeting in Z... by nradov on Monday October 21, 2019 @05:06PM (#21317360)
SAG-AFTRA was notoriously silent for years during the #MeToo "casting couch" abuses. The union was apparently cozy with powerful entertainment industry players and did little to protect their members.
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Re:Google attempted to shut down a unionization meeting in Z... by icelancer on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:08PM (#21318023)
This is because the higher up members in SAG-AFTRA were complicit themselves. The management of the union are management themselves, which is what a lot of people seem to miss. Who watches the watchers?
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Re:Google attempted to shut down a unionization meeting in Z... by Apocryphon on Monday October 21, 2019 @07:01PM (#21318509)
Not corporate management, that's for sure.
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Re:Google attempted to shut down a unionization meeting in Z... by icelancer on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:07PM (#21318010)
> sports player unions

Probably one of the worst examples. The MLBPA is currently the biggest joke regarding negotiating power, and the NFLPA settled a concussion lawsuit where the NFL is lying about player health and got away without admitting guilt about it.

Pro sports unions are inept at battling management and their members are suffering for it - in the case of football, literally dying for it without adequate compensation (if such a thing exists).

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