Comment by omginternets
6 years ago
>There is no such thing as a "union job", it's just having what's referred to as a "collective agreement".
I won't retort with a similarly vulgar comment because:
1. we probably agree on the value of unions
2. I understand your exasperation with American ignorance and cultural bias on the subject
3. it's not constructive
However, it brings me no joy to assert that you are dead wrong. Union jobs can and do exist in places. The deleterious nature of these jobs is a subject of frequent debate in France: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_syndical
> "I understand your exasperation with American ignorance and cultural bias on the subject"
"Ignorance and bias" is apparently now equivalent to "decades of experience that differ from your preferred reality".
Nice try, but no. The issue is literal ignorance of how things work outside of America (as you damn-well know).
Unions in America are clearly a dumpster fire, but only someone profoundly ignorant (and arrogant, to boot) could claim that unions are a failed concept.