• SirDankbud@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I spend roughly 700 a year in union dues. I make 25-30% more than those in my industry without a union. So while it is true that I could buy an xbox if I wasn’t in a union, the reality is I can buy all consoles and a gaming PC with enough money left for a vacation BECAUSE I’m part of a union.

    That doesn’t even factor in healthcare benefits, more PTO than I can remember to use, or the fact that my bosses will never yell at me because they don’t want to deal with the fallout from the union. The lack of yelling alone is worth the union dues for me.

    • wia@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      These mailers aren’t for you. They’re for the people who didn’t think of this kind of stuff. For people who are so downtrodden to be able to ask these kinds of questions. For people who don’t even know these are questions they can ask.

      And it works. Because often the good guys don’t want to play the same game. They don’t want to “stoop so low”. So these people still exist and often they get had by the baddies reminding them they can have a tiny bit of “happiness”.