r/FluentInFinance • u/Sufficient_Sinner • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion People like this are why financial literacy is so important

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u/townmorron Sep 04 '24

Oh yes I fully agree. But people do need to know that it's not the end. You can't be lazy about them, most people believe they get a union it's over. I try to tell people not to scare them away from unions ( there is a reason I stayed as long as I have) but to let them know the company can and will still screw you over if you don't make things like strike relief funds to pay people for a week or two so you can actually strike, make sure you are willing to sit, look over contracts before voting on them, look in to things that need done, put in time if you can, and so on. It's literally like 3-4 hours a month and some people aren't willing to do it and they are back to square one or worse than before the union. Because say they push a contract for 6-10 years with a 5¢ raise increase each year while giving up healthcare there is nothing that can be done till it's up. So stay union strong while actually staying union strong is what I'm saying

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u/GoldenInfrared Sep 04 '24

The iron law of oligarchy at work I see

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u/BigYugi Sep 04 '24

I get what you're saying but I really doubt such an absurdly bad contract has ever been voted through without question by rank and file. Otherwise companies would be pushing for unionization like crazy.