Memes

Living in Europe means it was my boss who helped me get into a union for my first job. Unions are important.

I've got a proper union gig for the first time. I love it! Good benefits, decent pay. But the best part is having a union rep in your corner. I recently had a disagreement with management, took it to my rep, and viola! A reasonable result was achieved with a minimum of fuss. Was like a breath of fresh air. Everyone should unionize!!!!

You pay 700 $ for the Union but get yearly pay raises and work benefits. For most people the benefits give you immidiatly more money than it takes.

I live in a country where over 90% of people work in an unionized environment.

No time to play video games (or any), but already unionized.

If only people were taught that unions raise members wages.

sighs in sad Brazilian unions

For context, we have unions, but many of them have been co-opted by politicians or their flunkies.

would you rather have infinite video games and no union or no video games and no video games?

Unionize and then you can buy more games.

In Germany there are unions that have it so if you join them the company pays you more. Even though the union already has a fair payment contract in place.

Unions always have paid there way for me by better pay and conditions. Also, in Australia Union fees are tax deductible.

There are about 2000 working hours a year if you're full time, so $700 works out to 35¢ an hour. If your union only gets you a 50¢/hr raise, it pays for itself.

The only job I ever had that was unionized, I really didn't even notice the dues. I made so much more money than every other job I had, and I wasn't even spending it because it was on a cruise ship where they fed me, clothed me, and gave me a place to sleep the whole 5 months. I had more money than I ever had at one time when I finally disembarked.

My union dues are 1.5%.

But, my union:

Makes sure I don’t have to take my work home with me.

Says when it’s ok to be contacted by work at home.

Got us a nice pay raise that more than covers any dues.

Makes sure any training events are monitored, correctly administered and can’t be used to get rid of employees.

Provides additional insurance that make up for shortfalls in employer coverage - particularly disability.

Substance abuse and mental health help so that you can get help and not lose your job.

And plenty more.

All of it worth more to the entire group than any pain from the dues I pay. Love being in a union shop, worth it even with the few downsides.

Ah, the anti union tactic of assuming your employees are dumb losers.

My last employee orientation really didn't like me saying to the group of 10 or so "anti-union speeches should be just as illegal as insinuating we aren't allowed to discuss wages"

And also I have called a new employee a fucking idiot for saying "guys we aren't supposed to talk about wages" when the topic came up one day and "I'm gonna get a manager" when the discussion continued.

my union dues are $60 a paycheck

but the price is worth it when my boss has to abide by my job description and has to pay me for overtime.

i recently told the deputy IT director that what they asked for was not in my job description and that she should familiarize herself with it. I could tell by her reaction, the union is strong and having an understanding of what it's there for is powerful against a bad boss

Wtf, is that sign real? No way, that can't be real....

Remember, if a company had nothing to loose then they wouldn't be so desperate for you to stay out of the Union.

Also, since when was your employer so concerned about your spending habits? They never send out company wide messages to dissuade you from buying a timeshare or investing in NFTs. But suddenly they think you would be wasting your money on a silly thing like a Union.

I pay 35€ every 3 months, so 4x35 per year

There are three chemical plants in my city who make similar products where I could work. Two of them pay half of what I make per hour.

Guess which plant has a union?

Wait, I remember this in Henry V, France sends Henry V of England tennis balls You don't want to take back continental English soil. You want to play sports at home!

The gift was not well received.

I remember this bit when Putin gave Trump a football, a gesture that Trump did not fully understand.

I'm a public employee in a union and we get these types of anti-union propaganda mailed to us from the creeps at the Freedom Foundation.

Save money and celebrate your rights! Public employees save an average of $900!

There's an "I want to leave the union" postcard filled out and attached, addressed to my union leaders.

That one was St. Patrick's Day themed.

Not posting an image because it has all my personal details already filled out