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Unions rule! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] drailin@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago

Cries in Texas Graduate Student who is legally prevented from unionizing 🫠

Having to petition my university for basic considerations (not owing back tution to the university despite being employed by them, getting health care covered, getting pay raises so we can afford to live where we work) has been hell without any union support.

Fuck Texas, can't wait to finish up here and move.

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Fuck it, unionize anyway? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[-] 520@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  1. The union being made illegal means the uni has no obligation to listen

  2. They can be sued for making the union, and the lawsuit will probably be successful.

  3. Any union action will be met with a probably-successful lawsuit.

Best thing they can do is find another job and quit.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Yep. Current me would have told younger me to get the fuck out and go to a different grad school literally anywhere else. I now tell that to prospective graduate students whenever I meet with them.

[-] drailin@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I agree, but my peers don't despite my attempts to convince them (out of a sense of fear mostly, not aversion to the idea, as is often the case). Many are international students at my school and the state uses that as a cudgel for union breaking, as the law demolishes their immigrant worker/student status that relies on their position if they were to unionize.

Through a tremendous amount of effort, my boss and I have leveraged every ounce of pressure we have on the university administration to give us these necessary improvements to success, with full insurance coverage coming this fall.

Still fucking sucks that we basicallly had to rely on the support of the professors to make this a reality. It would be nice if that solidarity was affirmed by collective bargaining

[-] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Corpo: "Why unionize and pay dues when you can buy a Playstation 5?"

Some worker: (can't afford a Playstation 5 in 10 years)

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

With the union wage increase you can buy 4 PS5s and still pay your dues

[-] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I mean way higher wages would give my workers much more financial flexibility and if everyone did it, there would be much more money in circulation and thus the economy would thrive.

AND THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'M GONNA AGREE TO THAT!

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 2 years ago

Dumb corporations pay for anti union propaganda.

Evil corporations ensure only their flunkies manage to get elected as union leaders.

[-] Fibby@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Workers of the world, unite!

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