[menus]

I hope they win the vote. The conditions they work in are miserable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALwDyS7rB0 The first minute of this video describe the conditions they work in.

[ETH_start]

It's because they're desperate to work in the industry and will accept any work conditions to do so. They have to learn to say no and prioritize work-life balance over getting their dream job.

The essential problem is their messed up priorities, not the lack of unions. Once unions create barriers to working in the industry to the benefit of existing workers, then you just get a new privileged elite, who have an in with the union, and all of the cronynism and exploitation that goes along with that. The essential problem—of vastly more qualified people wanting to work in the industry than there are positions available—has not been addressed.

And on top of that, with unionization you get the harm from a less dynamic workforce with less flexible contract negotiations, which has historically harmed numerous industries. It's a net negative for workers at large, and of course the world.

[ClumsyPilot]

> They have to learn to say no and prioritize work-life balance

Oh man its a shame noone saud this to Victorian kids that were dying of blacklung while working in the coalmines, or to the kids that mine cobalt today.

This condecenting attitute towarda others is offwnsive and suggests you think they are cretins

[archagon]

> They have to learn to say no and prioritize work-life balance over getting their dream job.

Or… they could unionize and try to shape the job of their dreams into something sensible. If the union somehow ends up ruining the job, why would they care, given that the alternative is not doing that job at all, or dealing with unbearable working conditions?