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TSIAS

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9. Point taken

Reply to Oktober (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 02:49 PM

Nov 2014

I felt the most pernicious part of the presentation was the backhanded assertion that unions don't care about workers and are only after dues. They went out of their way to call unions a "business", as if retail chains weren't also businesses out to make money as well.

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Is Anti-Union Propaganda Widespread in Hiring Orientations? [View all] TSIAS Nov 2014 OP

I don't know but my guess is yes. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 #1

I've noticed that also in retail scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #2

SEIU & UFCW have contracts in many retail jobs Omaha Steve Nov 2014 #7

i've experienced this before. of course the bosses have a vested interest against unions. nt alp227 Nov 2014 #3

Are you doing the same job as the teenager straight out of high school? Oktober Nov 2014 #4

The job title is the same TSIAS Nov 2014 #5

So... yes... The same job then? Oktober Nov 2014 #6

Point taken TSIAS Nov 2014 #9

I love my union and my union loves me. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #8