Apple banned a pay equity Slack channel

Re:Apple banned a pay equity Slack channel by RHSeeger on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:07AM (#28376326)

I don't think Occam's razor says any such thing. I see, all the time, first hand accounts of unions acting in ways that cause harm to nearly everyone except those in the union, and only actually benefit a select few. Examples like

- not being allowed to plug in your monitor at conference center or vacuum your area; instead needing to pay a union member a minimum of 30 minutes of time for 2 minutes of work.

- union members verbally and even physically abusing people that are just minding their own business, trying not to get involved; you're either with them or against them.

Unions have done great good for the American worker, and continue to do so in many cases. But they also do great harm and, when leadership is looking out for itself over it's members, can provide very little practical benefit.

It's a rough topic because it's VERY polarizing. It seems like the vast majority of people fall into 1 of 2 camps; they either love everything about unions and can't see the negatives, or vice versa. It's very hard to improve on the situation when that's the case.

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Re:Apple banned a pay equity Slack channel by ashtonkem on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:53AM (#28376780)

I’m sorry that you’ve had some bad experiences, but a few personal anecdotes are not persuasive about such large scale concerns. Obviously seeing someone physically abused by a union member is bad, but “unions are bad” does not logically follow from that experience.

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