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Soggy_Dragonfruit986 t1_j9yoya3 wrote

Reply to comment by JayGeeCanuck22 in ‘Four days a week is a great experiment’: work options examined in Calgary by AFH_Global

Unfortunately in Alberta, union might as well be a swear word. My whole family and most of my closest friends are in the trades and not a single one of them regards unions favourably.

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Shlocktroffit t1_j9yr240 wrote

"Unions are for lazy dogfuckers who like being laid off for half the year"

Something like that?

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Zenmedic t1_j9z2zm6 wrote

"Unions will make everything cost more and corporations won't make record profits that don't actually stay in the province but we pretend that this money actually benefits the people who it is actually screwing"

I'm part of a large union in Alberta and the government pressure to try to break it has been intense.

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