• Asafum@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Mostly because American culture is “I got mine, fuck you.”

    A culture brainwashed to glorify “rugged individualism” is a culture of self centered inconsiderate assholes.

    • Nowyn
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      1 year ago

      There was very successful vilification of unions from my understanding as well. I find the discussion about unions with Americans really interesting as from my Finnish perspective they are the cornerstone of workers’ rights.

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        1 year ago

        Well something like 10 percent of us are still unionized. I’m technically in management, but I’m still a union member and I 100 percent support my union brothers and sisters over ownership. That said, having a unionized workforce is actually good for my company’s owners because it allows them to bid on highly lucrative projects that aren’t really viable for non-signatory contractors for technical reasons having to do with safety and insurance.