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[–] nonearther@lemmy.ml 80 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not saying he meant anti-union by that line, but that's classic anti-union line saying my employees don't need unions.

Very much in line of "unions means less money for you" statement.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah the whole "I love unions, but we at this company are a family so we don't need that", is peak anti-union talk. Throughout history it's been used by people who are horrible to their employees.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Exactly. If I was really concerned about my employees etc. I would want them to have a union with power that could match mine to argue their needs and concerns. If he had a union a lot of these problems and mistakes that he's having likely wouldn't have occurred.

[–] TheWorstMailman@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

True. If he said that line in response to a statement about wages. I can't say that I exactly remember the context in which he made that statement, but I believe that it (ironically, given this post) had more to do with workplace culture than wages.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

It's not unusual for several people to have the same rational thought process. That's why it's "classic".