Corrupt Unions in the US (-) 

I know there are people who are like "Yay unions!" and others like "I got a Union Job!", however my experience with unions has been pretty shitty. Namely the UFCW which basically just gives no shit about their members and also takes part in wage suppression with no benefits at all. They were also pretty racist too. Whenever there was a threat to strike, it was always to cover boomer asses, and it was like "How does this affect me?" and they would be like "It does not, but we need to protect our senior members". It was pretty much like "Picket with us and get a dollar an hour, or get fired because we control your contract. Get a second job if it is not enough for you. We care about our members.". Also did not help that the union leaders were besties with the company owner and came here in a limo.

That said, with Tech unions coming up more and more I rather feel like it is going to be trendy to do... in which case we will end up with Unions that only care about our access to ping pong tables and nothing else. All someone has to do is bribe someone to look the other way or to influence them.

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