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David Crosby @thedavidcrosby.I think most Unions are useless and totally dishonest

...privileged twit.
(30 years UFCW, currently collecting retirement)
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bigtree
May 2022
OP
Unions are run by human beings, of course they can suffer corrupt leadership...
Thomas Hurt
May 2022
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QED
(3,364 posts)1. Together we negotiate, alone we beg.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. Right or wrong, Crosby was talking about HIS Musician Union.
AZProgressive
(29,965 posts)3. He seems to be projecting his experience with that union to all unions
Ferrets are Cool
(23,044 posts)4. Everyone sees the world through their own periscope
While I greatly support unions. I've had bad experiences with them also.
bigtree
(94,629 posts)6. I've had bad experiences with a lot of things which are, nonetheless, vital
...I'll tell you what's not vital. Crosby and his shittalking unions.
SergeStorms
(20,797 posts)7. Crosby has been an asshole....
his entire life. Even when he was making great music with CSN and CSNY he was an asshole. The stories his band-mates tell about him from the old days are horrifying.
If he had ever held a real 40 hr. a week, hourly wage job he might "sing a different tune".
MerryBlooms
(12,399 posts)5. Love my union! 🥰
Thomas Hurt
(13,992 posts)8. Unions are run by human beings, of course they can suffer corrupt leadership...
no reason to write all unions off.
Phoenix61
(18,883 posts)9. It would be like swearing off doctors because you had
one bad experience with one.