If a union, a subset of the citizenry, causes hardships for the rest of the citizenry by striking, then fuck them. Also, let's start passing laws to protect the working citizens who are the social fabric of the country, then maybe we could wean ourselves off of paying our hard-earned money to a middle-man who will "protect" us.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your intellectual shallownes is showing, you might want to hide it.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

"Oh no! He's stupid! He's not like us!". Now that's the collectivism I'm talkin' 'bout.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is the entire point of a strike. Don't blame the workers, blame the companies for forcing the workers to have no other option.
The second you wean off the unions, the companies will go 180 and turbo-charge the path back to where we currently are, but worse because there is nobody left to fight them.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

In a corporatocracy? Then I agree with you. Otherwise we have a government that's not working for the people. That's the big issue here. I think you may mean that the corps truly control everything and the government is just a façade? Who knows anymore. The one basic thing that I know is that everyone should have access to food, shelter, and warmth. Not just smug gangs who throw their money together.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's the companies not accepting the union contract that's the problem.

Back to work legislation should force companies to accept the union contract until they can negotiate a proper one.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

It's our government being paid of by lobbyists and not passing solid worker legislation that's the problem. In the meantime there are pockets of the protected "exclusive club members" ,while most others are left hanging in the wind.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Companies sell goods or services that people are willing to pay money for. Hence the company operations being disrupted would naturally cause hardship for society. Your approach would rule out all effective labor action.

In general, a rising tide lifts all ships. If wages in one sector rise, it creates pressure to raise them in other sectors. Part of working class solidarity is enduring those hardships.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

I think more people are not even on the ships than those that are, but that's a good old trope. It gets pulled up often, over time, while we get further and further from universal collectivism. But you and your union buddies are on the ships so it's all good.