• minorkeys@lemmy.world
      171·
      3 months ago

      They were captured decade ago, first by organized crime and then by the industries. Unions have never modernized for the digital age.

      • stickly@lemmy.world
        9·
        3 months ago

        There has also been a huge, prolonged campaign of union busting specifically to weaken their power in these political scenarios

        • minorkeys@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 months ago

          But that has been happening since unions first started, when they burned strikers and their families alive.

      • unspeakable_horror@thelemmy.club
        1·
        3 months ago

        It is and I wasn’t saying this in expectation of them calling for a strike right out of left field like this but unions have political weight and i haven’t seen any union leaders stepping up and speaking out in a meaningful way.

    • doingthestuff@lemy.lolEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      In my area the only union jobs are government employees and a few contractors that contract with the government. My wife has a union job but they’re almost impossible to get. I’ve never been able to land one.

      • MBech@feddit.dk
        3·
        3 months ago

        I’m curious what made US companies that much more successful at destroying unions than the companies in my home, Denmark. It’s not like companies weren’t trying their hardest to fight unions in the early 1900’s. People died at the strikes and protests.