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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 38 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

And that's WITH existing union agreements already, so you know it was even worse than that before the union was formed in the first place. Unions don't appear out of nowhere. If a business or industry has a union, it's because the workers were being screwed so hard it became necessary.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

They used to get paid with a pack of cigarettes and a slap on the ass.

[–] Throw_away_migrator@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Pretty sure Spirit still does

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Spirit outsources the slap to whoever is sitting in seat 1C.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Is it wage theft if I just say I did it?