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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by omginternets on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:59AM (#23499284)
>There is no such thing as a "union job", it's just having what's referred to as a "collective agreement".

I won't retort with a similarly vulgar comment because:

1. we probably agree on the value of unions

2. I understand your exasperation with American ignorance and cultural bias on the subject

3. it's not constructive

However, it brings me no joy to assert that you are dead wrong. Union jobs can and do exist in places. The deleterious nature of these jobs is a subject of frequent debate in France: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_syndical

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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by strictnein on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:28PM (#23501551)
> "I understand your exasperation with American ignorance and cultural bias on the subject"

"Ignorance and bias" is apparently now equivalent to "decades of experience that differ from your preferred reality".

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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by omginternets on Saturday June 13, 2020 @10:08AM (#23509436)
Nice try, but no. The issue is literal ignorance of how things work outside of America (as you damn-well know).

Unions in America are clearly a dumpster fire, but only someone profoundly ignorant (and arrogant, to boot) could claim that unions are a failed concept.

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