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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 97 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's a bizarre thing, but union workers are often conservatives who completely ignore the anti-union sentiments of the GOP. They think the only union in the world that should exist is their own, and no others.

This is how the GOP is able to convince unions to vote against their own interests. The GOP will tell a union to its face how important it is, earning their votes. Then, once elected, pass legislation harming that same union.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago

The GOP has also successfully gaslit their base into believing the two best things for unions are controlling immigration and "tax cuts".

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 35 points 3 months ago

Worked in many union shops as a degree operational support function. Typical union front line are dumb fuck conservatives with let's go Brandon bumper stickers. They're making $45/hr and don't realize they're supporting the party that wants them making $14/hr like the warehouse next to theirs.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI

[-] A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

As someone who worked in a union I can vouch for this ^

Most of the guys I worked with don't even like the union they are in, they felt they were cheated into giving their money away for "no backup"

When in reality these guys would have lost their jobs YEARS AGO but because the union defends them against management, but because these guys can't do what ever the hell they want (ie call in 80 out of 90 days, taking 1 hour breaks, having todo what their job description says) they just don't care...

They also think "They'll never out source our jobs, or robots can't replace us!" When in fact management DID do that years ago but the Union won in deliberations and everyone seems to have forgotten.

I hate this timeline

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

I swear people are so goddamn dumb...

Fuck I just looked for work yesterday and found a union job pushing a pallet jack around for an overnight position: 60-75k!!

Every single other similar non union job: best I can do is 35k

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Most people only consider a few key stances when deciding on a candidate. The GOP is anti-union but that may not be what is most important to truckers in a union.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The truckers themselves, sure. But the union as an organization should care.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I do generally think it's more of a case where American workers are often reactionary due to America's overall circumstances and Material Conditions in the broader geopolitical landscape, than anything else. Nationalism is a big thing in America, Union or not.

Imperialism also inflates Worker's living standards, as well as keeping a domestic underclass of immigrants willing to work for the barest wages via threat of expulsion. Unions can often be anti-immigration because of this, additionally adding to reactionary rhetoric among unions.

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