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captainzidgel | 5 years ago

> IF YOU’RE PAYING DUES… it will be RESTRICTIVE meaning it won’t be easy to be as helpful and social with each other. So be a DOER, stay friendly and get things done versus paying dues

What is this line even supposed to mean? Probably the most incomprehensible union busting talking point I've ever heard.

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drak0n1c|5 years ago

My wife worked in the event planning industry - the few unionized venues she had to deal with were a huge pain loaded with restrictions. As a client you couldn't even move a table by yourself on the spot - a union employee had to do it as part of an assigned task. Perhaps it's warning of similar red tape that gets in the way of doing work directly.

ineedasername|5 years ago

I was confused at that as well. Ultimately I decided it was a veiled threat that management would be angry and make their lives harder.

scotth|5 years ago

That, or they're pitting union and non-union members against each other.

Hamuko|5 years ago

"Doer" sounds like they're trying to bring in the "maker" moniker into jobs where you don't really make anything. "Maker" sounds fun and positive - you're someone who creates something! Not really it has the same kind of effect when you're not making anything and you're just doing what you were ordered to do.

chordalkeyboard|5 years ago

Probably the part where some employees will pay dues and some won’t, introducing a rift between employees where formerly there was none.