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Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by beaconstudios on Friday April 01, 2022 @01:54PM (#30881162)
In what way do you believe unions are useless and bad? That's like saying "companies are useless and bad" - some companies may be useless and bad, but you'd need to show an essential reason why the majority must end up that way.

FWIW, I think you're wrong and that unions are good at improving worker conditions and pay, and that's why companies engage in aggressive union-busting and anti-union propaganda to prevent unionisation and broadly keep union membership down.

Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by josephcsible on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:02PM (#30881294)
Unions are definitely bad for companies, but the fact that companies don't want them doesn't automatically mean that they're good for workers. They're a parasitic drain that's bad for both.

Also, with the sole exception of Japanese bus drivers, every union I know of that's ever gone on strike has, in doing so, used innocent third parties as collateral damage.

Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by Ekaros on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:36PM (#30881759)
Are the unions once damaging people or is it the companies that do not have sufficient contingencies when their employers take collective action? I don't think it is unreasonable to expect them to take account potential issues with their employees. After all it is a free market and they could source services from somewhere else during these times.
Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by beaconstudios on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:17PM (#30881516)
You can claim they're a drain on both all you want, but you're just stating an unsubstantiated opinion that flies in the face of reason. Why would anybody join (and stay in) a union if they're unequivocally bad for everyone?

Are strikers holding people hostage? Or are they just refusing to do their jobs?

Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by jfjfkfmf on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:54PM (#30881946)
If Walmart closes its union store, which it has done, how is that not bad for everyone?
Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by beaconstudios on Friday April 01, 2022 @03:14PM (#30882173)
That's not unions being bad, that's Walmart being bad.