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Re:We’re Google Workers, and We Are Forming a Union by ForHackernews on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:36AM (#25631108)
Fighting for "workers rights" is a political position.

Maybe you're making a distinction between party politics (e.g. endorsing specific candidates) and pushing for general policies, but I think it's incoherent to claim that labor unions are apolitical.

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Re:We’re Google Workers, and We Are Forming a Union by nicky0 on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:50AM (#25631266)
The point is that joining a union shouldn't necessitate supporting a certain political party.
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Re:We’re Google Workers, and We Are Forming a Union by maxehmookau on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:53AM (#25631314)
It doesn't. You can join a non-affiliated union or even opt-out of political campaigning and contributions.

It's just not all that common.

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Re:We’re Google Workers, and We Are Forming a Union by nicky0 on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:20AM (#25685507)
That's good then.
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