Expect anti Union article titles like this too. This article content is ok and while it is alarming how we rely on bananas so much and cannot grow them domestically, I think consumers should expect to focus their frustrations on the company, not on striking workers. One set the conditions for the need for a strike, the other is just trying to get a fair slice of the banana. I certainly hope that Biden doesn't step in and use the cooling off period, which is pro-management.
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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After the Railworkers strike, I’ve read that the Biden administration actually got the owners to make concessions to the railworkers, though it didn’t seem to receive any press at the time, other than when railworkers had to go back to work.
Yeah that is true, but it was significantly less than the rail workers were asking for. Still a fucking sham to obviate the union's biggest pressure point for management.
Plus you had tons of media on the side of the company and consumers, instead of the workers. There is never enough media centering the workers, their material concerns and demands, and what they are sacrificing.
It’s patently absurd that Biden can use things like the Railway Labor Act to fuck over Labor, but can’t be like, “Bro, give your people sick days and maintain staffing to accommodate that, you’ll thank me later….”
Like. Seriously. A lot of the stuff they were asking for was stuff that’s pretty much just good business to give.
They only asked for seven sick days a year and got three. How long does the flu last, and is it safe to have a feverish worker with other workers on a rail system, no less? I'm still annoyed on the workers' behalf, and I know no one that works for the rail system, nor anyone related to anyone employed in the industry. Right after that was the literal trainwreck and chemical spill and did the workers gain any additional sick or rest days?
Exactly.
Like. Sick days are helpful to the company, too.
Especially if you have staffing able to cover them. It keeps one sick employee from turning to everyone-but-that-one the next week.
I’ve known managers that try to run things the same way. They don’t last long because they lose clients hand over fist.
We can expect capital to rally behind the idea that profits are for the vitally important shareholders, not the lazy do nothing workers that do all the work.
We can also expect a huge number of people to be brainwashed and stupid enough to belive that narrative.
Shit I don't need a banana to live. This isn't Ireland during the potato blight. No one's dying from lack of bananas.
No they said we'll have more brown bananas. That's perfect. Moderately spotted bananas are perfect for eating, and if you don't like em a little mushy, they're perfect for banana bread. So we get tons of banana bread and dock workers maybe get a pay raise? I see no downsides.