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i think "gargantuan fuck" sums it up nicely.
I certainly hope so. Moving to a union-represented company has increased my pay by 25%, and got me full medical benefits. I only pay $50 a month for my union dues. >

Union dues seem to be the biggest argument I hear from my family about why unions don't work. You're literally making more money than what the dues cost in just a couple of hours at best and you're getting more benefits from your job than before... and job protections.
But nooooo, unions are bad!! We don't need them in this era!! /s for good measure, but that's what I hear from the fam and they're being dead serious. >

A better one is "my union is corrupt/does nothing/waste of due money". Then when you ask if they've ever voted, attended a meeting, contacted their rep, it's an obvious "no". 
Like jeez, maybe if they attended a meeting they'd see what their dues are being spent on and what their union is doing. >

It works much the same as democracy. If you don't participate, you're giving up your primary means to influence how things are. >

It’s also important there’s a balance of power.  Too much lower to management is bad, and too much power on the Union side can lead to bad as well.  When there’s equal footing that’s when things work out best. >

Too much power on the union side? Just make a union for union members. >

That actually exist. I just found out myself the other day >

Unions led to the biggest growth of the working class in history.  Education doubled, and the right lost its grip on middle America. Enter the southern strategy, Reaganism, the Contract on America, the Bush dynasty and whatever the gargantuan fuck the historians will decide the word is for TFG and his orbiters.