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"I negotiate my own wages"
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this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Keep in mind this is anecdotal but at the same time I don't think it's unique.
I understand the value of unions and I think the world is better off with them than without them.
But
Having worked in them as a teen I will say the union leadership is to not be trusted as much as the business owners. Birds of a feather. The problem is power and hierarchies.
What I also did not appreciate as a union member was being told by people who have been there longer "stop working so hard the quotas will go up and we will be expected to make more" like wtf?
I love unions in theory. In practice they're just as corrupt because they don't address the underlying problem if anything they put lipstick on the underlying problem.
That is why you vote and get involved.in your union. same as governments, dont just pay your due and hope for the best.
They were right.
They are corrupt and don't address the problem because much of the union leadership are reactionaries opposed to people having real power. Unions used to literally fight the police and national guard, radical unions have been dismantled and co-opted continually for the last century. It's not just about holding power, it's about the underlying worldview of the groups in power as well, and any unions that meaningfully challenged the normal capitalist status quo have been crushed by the US security apparatus.