Do you not understand how the government of your own country (presumably) works??

Not that it really matters, but you shouldn’t assume I’m gay just because I support marriage equality.

That said, “non breeder” is still accurate lol

Public Sector unions are a bit different. Or were at least.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_v._AFSCME

Then you are in a “right to work” state (or a government employee since Janus). And FYI, you still benefit from that union as you are still ostensibly part of the same collective bargaining bloc, and under the same contract, as your union coworkers.

So basically you’re getting the benefits of being in a union without having to pay dues. Sounds great, right?

Great way to get people to leave unions en masse, and starve them of funding. This kills the union.

whoever told you that is your enemy

It seems like maybe you are missing the point… The idea is to directly affect the amount of funding that a union receives, and thus, how well they are able to operate. The idea is: if you allow people who are ostensibly part of the collective bargaining bloc to simply opt out of paying fees despite receiving all of the benefits that the union provides for them, and then push anti-union propaganda, this will starve the union of funding and it will eventually break.

And it seems to have worked for several decades at least.

In the US, we’re lucky if a job is unionized at all. The thought of there being more than one option of unions to choose from is literally unheard of in this country. I mean literally. I have never heard of that ever happening in the history of the US. Maybe I’m wrong.

Look into the SCOTUS decision of Janus v. AFSCME (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_v._AFSCME) for some more info on Right to Work, and in this case, public sector unions. The important thing to note is that it is framed as “giving the employee the freedom to choose to be in the union or not,” when in reality, they will receive all of the benefits of being in the union (they must, as they are part of the same collective bargaining bloc and covered under the same contract) for free. The entire point is to weaken unions.

That’s the whole fucking point. The name sounds like its a good thing though, right? So I’m sure that means it’s good…

But no, “Right to Work,” just means that employees are allowed to choose not to pay union dues (or even partial dues), despite receiving all of the benefits of being in that collective bargaining bloc. This is meant to starve the union and eventually kill it.

If a workplace unionizes, all employees at that level become part of the same collective bargaining bloc (by necessity), and the union will protect them and bargain on their behalf. If you want to work in that position, you have to be a member of the union at some level (unless you are a government employee since the Janus SCOTUS decision).

“Right to work” is provided under the guise of giving the employee more freedom, but in reality, it is just an underhanded way of killing unions.

Probably just made it more confusing but hopefully not.

If you want an example of what enforcement of this looks like, take a look at Iran’s morality police. That is the end game for these kinds of laws.

You forgot marriage equality

Copium for idiots who voted third party or chose not to vote because of Palestine.

The insult is about the hypocrisy, not the health care. You’ve missed the point entirely.

Looks like Jason Bateman in the thumbnail

Bazzite

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Not really… You know how I reconcile when someone I’m talking to has misconstrued my positions? I reiterate what those positions are, and make it clear what it is that I believe in so that people will not get it confused. It’s very simple.

I don’t react by crying about people misconstruing my positions and then voting for someone who holds the complete opposite views out of some weird form of spite

I don’t want to hate trans people, but someone on this website called “Lemmy” said a mean thing to me and have given me no choice.

Maybe that’s the long term plan. Make this country so undesirable that nobody wants to come here anymore. Boom, immigrant “problem” solved.

Then the brain drain comes…

I just hope they do it fast enough for my parents to feel the acute effects… I don’t know any other way to possibly snap them out of this.

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