• BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Violence is the only tool that works, we used to take managers out of their houses and beat them to get our point across. We need a return to that form, where if we have grievances with the company or the manager we don’t go to HR, we organize.

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      1 day ago

      The organizers still have to go to HR in the end. Union contracts need to be continually renegotiated and they can’t actually make the employer do anything.

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        21 hours ago

        The employer will reconsider that attitude if the union decides to leverage their power and announce a work stoppage until demands are met. People tend to listen when the entire company freezes in its tracks and annual revenue is suddenly on the line.

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          1 day ago

          “The boss” stares back at you with a blank expression and has no idea WTF you’re talking about. Moreover, they don’t care. Unless you have money or a sale for them, you can just keep on walking.
          CEOs couldn’t manage to fill out a comment card anyway, never mind negotiate a union contract without a CFO and HR there to actually know what’s going on.

          If I had a nickel for every time people tried to go up the chain thinking they’re clever only have to get kicked back down it again (after waiting longer, by the way) to people who actually know what they’re talking about, I could probably stop working and stop having to deal with them.

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            12 hours ago

            I’ll be real with you, if the top doesn’t know nor care about their workers, they’re exactly the type we should be exercising from management.

            Edit: Also don’t to me blabbing about how busy they are. We’ve already seen past that veil, they’re usually busy raping kids, figuring out ways to screw workers and/or customers, and just being part of the mad men’s club. Apathy of your workers is a sure sign of a shit boss who doesn’t care.