Amazon and Starbucks Union Busting Tricks, Exposed | Robert Reich

[@RBReich]

U.S. employers are charged with violating federal law in over 40% of all union election campaigns. Read that back. 40%! The PRO Act would strengthen protections for union organizers and put power back in the hands of working people. Congress urgently needs to pass it.

[@eddiegreg7064]

I was always taught the simplest answer was the correct answer, this is no different. If Americans really had a problem and in fact most of the world had a problem with being treated as possessions then we would just simply stop. Stop using Amazon! Stop going to Starbucks! Just stop doing anything and everything that drives the machine! Everybody always complains about the 1%, 99% of the population cry about 1% telling them what to do, that equates to one person in a group of 100 controlling all of us. The human race is absolutely spineless, myself included because I'm still going to order off of Amazon so I can save money so that I can survive this life until I die. I'm not a great prophet but I don't think what the world has turned into is at all a semblance of the meaning of life.. If everybody just got up tomorrow morning and didn't turn on a light switch didn't start their car didn't do anything no work no play but just appreciate everything that this world is, how unique it is, how this has not been shown to have happened again in all of the known universe that even if we found it we'd have to freeze ourselves or somehow generations from now they would finally get there if they left yesterday, the machine would stumble. Day 2 you barter what you have for what you need, working together as one, the machine stalls. Day 3 the mask come off as the drivers of the machine demand you start again, you stand tall. Day 4 mass extermination, because it's the lazy that rule, and just like any lazy coward they will break and destroy what they can't control. Day 5 the cycle starts again. Capitalism is a runaway system because greed can not be satisfied! Thanks 🙈🙉🙊

[@micheleparker3780]

Sir, an absolutely sincere question:. How can I, or what is the best way, as an individual, to fight against the atrocities you are bringing to the light of day for people like me??? I'm 63 and disabled. The only internet connection I have (or have ever had) has been on this cheap (

[@SharienGaming]

@@eddiegreg7064 sure, because people can just choose not to eat...or medicate... putting the responsibility on the individual gives the advantage to the corporation... they already have a massive amount of power unionizing and government regulation are the ways we equalize that power... individual action will never have an effect on a target that large..you need to organize for that - and that is what education and public movements are about... organizing and aligning individual action to achieve a collective goal... just telling people what to do will not achieve that effect - you either need to change public perception or change the rules our societies operate under and the movements trying to do those things need more than just the support of the people organizing and marching at protests... for everyone out there, there usually are a dozen people you will never see that made it possible... family that takes care of your kids while youre out there, people driving supplies to where they are needed, people who tell their friends about whats going on, people who help finance the action...and many many more - there are a lot of ways to help out, even if youre not the type to be front and center and on the "smash the machine" argument... who do you think will be in the best position to pick up the pieces and take control if everything breaks down? though i agree that capitalism is a doomed system... its been on continual life support for decades now and it needs migrating out of sidenote - you also are using occams razor wrong... it is the explanation that uses the fewest assumptions while fitting the observation that is likely correct you can give incredibly simple answers to a lot of questions that are completely wrong because you ignore enough of the data... when someone gives a simple answer to a complex problem...you probably should scrutinize that answer, because complex problems rarely have simple answers

[@eddiegreg7064]

@@SharienGaming You're going off the topic I didn't say anything about not unionizing none of that. I simply stated that if no trucks ran no sales were made because you put your big boy pants on and became responsible for yourself making sure that you had all your necessary components to further survive because this isn't living not when you're in servitude that's not living it's living for someone else something else. The real global economy structure couldn't take a week of the world not using the currency in the people not accepting the insurmountable debts that are being placed on them their children and their children's children to further enrich the lives of the lazy. We have more power by doing absolutely nothing as one than protesting unionizing or even going to war separately, because we're all speaking as one at that moment, they cannot show hostility to nothing but they will and you'll see the mask of forgiveness and love will end. The simplest answer is always the hardest to do, how is nothing too hard?🤔 I don't understand Thanks 🙈🙉🙊

[@eddiegreg7064]

@@SharienGaming We allow ourselves to be separated by the few things we disagree on by the few, instead of uniting over the many things we do agree on, why?🤔 Logistics have the most influence in the union structure, but that's why it was exploited, to make the few more than equality amongst the many. If we unitedly stopped participating in this charade and became self responsible and stopped asking for permission to do anything that causes no harm then we could get somewhere, but we always expect someone else besides ourselves to take care of us somehow through some program/administrative institution. We the people allow the few to rule us through the use of our brothers, sisters, cousins,aunt's and uncles, friends, mom and dad, our neighbors not theirs to inflict coerced influence to assimilate and do their biddings. It's not their inner circle doing harm to us, they use us to do that and we thank them with garbage rhetoric like blue lives, military heros, just the overuse of hero in general. I'm supposed to thank you for taking a job to be corporate cops protecting their interest, no thank you, I'm not buying it. It's not that I don't have admiration for those few that only do the work of protecting the weak and make the greatest sacrifice, but not the propagandist foot soldiers carrying out corporate bidding. Thanks 🙈🙉🙊

[@ateamfan42]

The fact that corporations would put in so much effort to stop unions shows just how powerful unions can be for fighting for worker rights.

[@PvblivsAelivs]

No it doesn't. It shows how expensive unions are to the corporations. Think about it. If a union means that workers were going to sit on their butts, not do their jobs, and demand ever more money, no company is going to want that.

[@ateamfan42]

@@PvblivsAelivs even corrupt unions are powerful, which is why corporations fear them all

[@PvblivsAelivs]

@@ateamfan42 Oh, sure, they're powerful. They have the power to cost the company a lot of money with nothing in return. It need not benefit the worker to give the company a reason to fear them.

[@toejamcollector1776]

@@PvblivsAelivs >If a union means that workers were going to sit on their butts, not do their jobs, and demand ever more money, no company is going to want that. Oh, you mean like bosses and shareholders do?

[@PvblivsAelivs]

@@toejamcollector1776 "Oh, you mean like bosses and shareholders do?" If bosses don't do their jobs, they get fired like anyone else. Shareholders don't actually have jobs. They are simply the ones that supplied the company budget. I don't think you would like it if they went away. If you would, you wouldn't need a union; you would just quit.

[@TrapperAaron]

My parents and grandparents taught me to cross a picket line was as bad as sticking a knife in a friend's back. It's absolutely true. It's us v.s. them, and we have the numbers.

[@lilacdoe7945]

My uncle was a new-hire scab for air traffic control and my dad defends it without reservation. I could almost see him saying "They would have hired someone anyways and it was good for him." but my family sees nothing wrong with helping union busters (myself excluded).

[@eagiuliani9357]

Excellent way to describe it. By crossing a picket line or working as a scab is weakening the union.and workers as a result

[@freyathewanderer6359]

If there is a Hell, it holds a special extra-nasty place for scabs.

[@FalconChief222]

@@freyathewanderer6359Eat $#1+. If I’m forced to join a worthless union, and I don’t agree with a potential strike, you can bet your ass I’m gonna go back to work and make more than you standing out front looking like an idiot.

[@willy4170]

@@eagiuliani9357what is a scab?

[@micheleparker3780]

I'm old enough to remember the union busting of the early 1900's. It's rediculous we STILL have union busting today. If nothing changes, Nothing changes.😤

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

If I can guess buy your profile picture, you are probably 70 to 80 years old. There's no way in hell you were even alive or even could remember the early 1900s. Now if you were 90 maybe the 30s, but if you're 70 or 80 definitely the 40s and 50s. Not 1900 to 1930 which is which is the only portion of 1900 that is considered early 1900s. Early decade is... 00/40 Mid decade is... 40/70 Late decade is... 70/00

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

I just saw your profile and it says your age is 63. I apologize for miscalculating your age. Just take it as a compliment for how young you look.

[@82spiders]

This is a zero-sum game. For example, if Starbucks unionizes, no more Starbucks for me. I live on social security. Does Dr Reich suggest I strike?

[@kobba915]

If you were that old you'd probably be dead by now

[@anoknskyle2243]

@@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI Yes, you are the asshole.

[@tranger4579]

I was anti union because when I got hired with Walmart we were made to watch anti union videos as part of our training. So the information I got on unions was Wal-Mart point of views. When I quit I was offered a union job with great pay and benefits. It was nothing like what the Walmart videos told me. I own my home and I'm debt free due to Union bargaining and contracts all these years. I glad and proud to be unionized.

[@freedomfighter4990]

Make sure you spread the word! Teach your kids & neighbors that unions exist to benefit them, not the croporation.

[@tranger4579]

@@freedomfighter4990 I do. I always do. Unfortunately many are still thinking that corporations have their best interests at heart.

[@Meridian83West]

I heard some Walmart stores used to have goons patrolling their parking lots looking for people they might suspect were union organizers.

[@tranger4579]

@@Meridian83West they would always break up groups of associates that would just chat here at there for a few minutes in fear that we would be talking about union matter or prompting Union membership.

[@caleb3909]

Labor and union history, their purpose as a check and balance, and the statistical benefits should be taught in public schools. It is a federally protected right to the public to engage in unionizing and it should be public education. Teach this alongside personal finance, taxes, home ownership, and basic vehicle maintenance. People would be starting life much much more prepared, on average.

[@racerx7319]

WITHOUT A UNION YOU BEG...WITH A UNION YOU NEGOTIATE.

[@brucebasile5083]

SOLIDARITY my brother!.

[@CreamBootlegs]

With a union someone negotiates for you, without a union, you have to be tough and negotiate yourself

[@K3end0]

United we bargain divided we beg.

[@alphamech79]

@@brucebasile5083forget union garbage I would never join a crappy union

[@brucebasile5083]

@@alphamech79 Typical delusional babble from another MAGA stooge. Go play in traffic you corporate bootlicking troll.

[@hegyak]

Walmart does this kind of stuff too. And until there's PRISON sentences, nothing will change. Fees, are NOT a Consequence for these Big Companies. A Few Prison Sentences, and suddenly it WILL stop.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

pretty much. hell, john oliver covered this in 1 of his shows regarding unions & places like target dealing with them in a very shady way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZyblYiOh9Wir5o

[@Pensnmusic]

Fees that bankrupt them would stop it as well. Jail or incredibly high fines (like 20% percentage of their gross revenue for the year the anti union activity took place, for example)

[@Sane1015]

​@Pensnmusic the problem is, those corporations would have to run out of money faster than workers get tired of losing their jobs and paychecks used to support their families. Corporations have limitless funds compared to workers needing to put food on the table.

[@theshadowking3198]

Nah percentage fees will do damage

[@ripadblock]

You want To put People behind bars for doing... What, exactly?

[@sgt.doughnut5918]

Amazon quite literally hired the Pinkertons to bust the unionization drives.

[@caleb3909]

Companies still do this. You can find ads for security jobs that are on call and will even list it's only during upcoming union drives/striking as needed.

[@CleverCheetah]

@@caleb3909They barely pay security anything and its only event based. Yeah goodluck finding staff for that 😂

[@programquestion]

Refer to Amazon anti union videos. Not anti union nor neutral

[@corneliusx1811]

Thanks Bob, you are correct. We need better enforcement of existing labor laws for starters. Legislation is useless without enforcement.

[@SharienGaming]

and the consequence for breaking those laws needs to actually hurt - how about a fine for 30% of their yearly revenue to start with

[@YY4Me133]

​@@SharienGaming And all fines must come from profits, not be paid for by increasing prices, firing employees, etc. Make the shareholders feel it in their wallets, and things will change.

[@papablue3015]

Welcome to the United States of corporate America!!🤮🤮🤮

[@geekworthy7938]

Of course, we know how Congress feels about overwhelming public opinion...🙄

[@wildhog7210]

They do not pay tax and they do not pay their employees; I'd be rich too if it was not for those pesky moral standards.

[@brucebasile5083]

Well said..

[@jeffreyburney6161]

I believe in paying your employees, but I think taxes are immoral. Taxation is theft. Also, I believe that taxation of overtime is wrong Overtime should be tax-free.

[@aussie8114]

But Jeff can’t afford to have his workers unionised, they might ask for a bit more money.

[@Tony29103]

Yes, and how will he ever afford his 5th and 6th yaht.

[@bentheboxericecream8438]

yeah jeff was asshole. I hated working for him

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Keep speaking truth my man.

[@chancerobinson5112]

Professor Reich, you’re looking super healthy! All the Best!

[@brucebasile5083]

Yes he does. God bless him..

[@tonerduckpin]

Word got out at my employer that I wanted a union. The CEO of the company flew 2000 miles to our branch just to follow me around. Union busting is blatant and in your face. Keep up the good work Mr. Reich.

[@anthonyberger810]

When top corporate officials care that much, you know you’ve pinched a nerve keep pinching. Let them feel the sting.

[@FalconChief222]

Don’t try and organize on company time or company property

[@lukemorgan6166]

This didn't happen

[@jeffreyburney6161]

@@FalconChief222 exactly if you’re going to organize a union do it off company property. At a former place that I worked at they had somebody that was organizing a union company time and they brought in everybody and escorted that person off company grounds. It wouldn’t let them come back on. They were immediately fired.

[@Diane-xh7vl]

Unions protect workers/ corporation's protect themselves....

[@erincaitlin1655]

Thank you, Professor Reich, for speaking Truth to Greed !!

[@allangoodger969]

And what happens when unions are strong? Minimum wages above $20/hour. 14% annual leave loading in 4 weeks anual leave, long service leave and paid maternity and paternative leave.

[@brucebasile5083]

Well said..

[@samuelspace101]

Man these people just want a living wage

[@lukemorgan6166]

Corporations shouldn't pay for you to breed Why should they You chose to have kids, not them and now they've got to pay for your life choices? Hate corpos but that one is ridiculous

[@S.M.S-Dresden]

​@@lukemorgan6166dude you know that all Corporations are depending on People repopulating. Without children there are no futere emploies and customers and without them the Corporation has no future ether. Also Nobody ask for them to pay them having children but to give them a few months time so that the parants can figure everything out how to take care of a child.

[@jeffreyburney6161]

I would be damned if I ever joined a union to only make minimum wage. The whole purpose of being in a union is to make above minimum wage. 4 to 5 times the minimum wage

[@FreakyRufus]

Unfortunately, I live in Texas and my senators and my representative are all republicans (thanks, gerrymandering). Calling my representatives is pointless. I emailed then in the past on other issues, and only resulted in being put on Ted Cruz’s inanely named “Cruz News” email list.

[@potrelviewer9536]

Any employers not authorizing even the slightest unionizing movement (more than 2 people) should be labeled as "non-workable place", meaning that it's not worth it to work even for a second in these industries/places...

[@brucebasile5083]

Exactly !!!!

[@karensudler6268]

Thanks iam glad you are here for people it seems as if you're the only one please run for President we need more people like you 😅🐱

[@1aikane]

Right to living wage, medical coverage, paid leave should be codified in the Constitution. I know, a dream.

[@brucebasile5083]

Yes and a nightmare for corporations.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Zach-ju5vi Another mindless anti union load of garbage expected from this channels #1 corporate shill troll.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@Zach-ju5vi oh yes you corporate shille/traitor to the us...go suck off that magat hat made in china.

[@eavyeavy2864]

But muh gun

[@Noms_Chompsky]

"Quicker than you could say Pinkerton" nice deep cut

[@immaheadout4777]

We all work for companies that hate unions.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Unfortunately, like any cult that panders to people with dreams of "what I'll do when I'm rich", decades of propaganda painting unions as worse than corporate overlords (and pervasive stingy attitudes among blue collar conservatives) has fooled many of the Peasants into thinking they are lone working-class heroes and temporarily disadvantaged millionaires waiting to happen. They expertly manipulate the utter lack of teamwork & shared experience that your Lone Gunman co-worker has. You know the type..the one who always says no one else could do his job.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@@Zach-ju5vi The entire inflation economy of the last year says that statement is patently false.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing everything that troll says has ALWAYS been patently false.

[@NEMO-NEMO]

@@Zach-ju5vi Unions are not about raising the prices of the item, it’s about sharing profits!! They raise the prices bc they don’t want to share their huge profits so they punish everyone for some wanting to force them to share. Stop looking at our country only through an economics class. Taking pensions away and giving you the crumbs of a contribution so you can take your hard earned money to the Gambling Casino of Wall Street is as evil as a human can get! Taking our Mercantile Industry to a Communist country should tell you a lot about these people. Never ever think highly of them! They play dirty. They always have because at the end of the day: BUSINESS IS WAR!!!! Learn to fight.

[@NEMO-NEMO]

@@Zach-ju5vi It’s only a negative consequence because no one can make the shareholders/owners share their profits with their employees without having to resort to Unions. America was built by the working class. No one ever gets rich by themselves, ever. It takes a lot of people to create a billionaire. And then they hire smart fancy pants attorneys that will be paid with all those profits so they can never be forced to share anything with anyone. Unions are a blunt tool, used against corporate greed when governments have their hands tied behind their back from Dark Money which is the true ruling class of our Country. Now the working class are a bunch of illegal aliens who are happy with any job and any pay bc they are starving to death when they get here. You can thank our leaders, red or blue, that don’t believe in our Immigration Laws, but instead use their influence to change laws for the sake of election and re election. And your worried about the consequences of Unions!! Seriously !! Oof!

[@somesassybrat305]

They'll go as far as to label simple unionizing as "socialism" or "communism".

[@sharonannrees2824]

Unions are responsible for all the employee benefits we have today.

[@Snootch]

Union Busting is illegal, Anyone who walks up and tries to give you crap over being in a Union gives you 100% rights to tell them to f*ck off, doesn't matter if it's your manager or CEO.

[@jennyray4698]

Most of my family of origin were union workers when the Eisenhower infrastructure projects built this country...and my ex husband was a union carpenter for many years so i know the benefits and support them 100%...however like many union members I have to say...if this nation had real fair labor laws and enforced them from the federal and state levels there would be no need for unions... corporations will continue to seek slave wages and no added benefits to keep the greedy shareholders and upper management happy! So support and join unions or elect law makers who will enact REAL safety and fairness laws for the workers!

[@thunderpooch]

You can tie foreign trade negations with subsequent corporate tax policy. Boom fixed. Use your brain. Combine this with a livable minimum wage and our economy is fixed. Other countries do it, so can we. Saying, "corporations will just.......," is defeatist and lazy. Corporations do whatever WE allow them to do. Never forget that collectively we have the power. It's propaganda and brain washing which tries to make us think that corporations and capitalism runs on a set program. Wrong. Society can demand that it does whatever the heck we want.

[@UBETUBEME]

It’s up to the workers to stand up to bully owners Time for national workers walk out they can’t put all the workers in jail Time for big boycott Strife America 🇺🇸

[@brucebasile5083]

Well said my brother. SOLIDARITY !!!!!!

[@timothymaimone8611]

It’s time for summer (organizing) picnics! Best benefit as a union member, is to have a voice for your future.

[@thedemonstrativelydouggied3063]

Support the rail workers!! Biden just said to this union of more than 100,000 "no you cannot strike" While they have been asked to be on call 24/7. For 3 years now! Can you imagine never knowing when & how long you are working the next day???

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Zach-ju5vi Hey look it's troll boy putting everyone to sleep with his verbal Ambien. ZZZZzzzz.....

[@lukemorgan6166]

So take responsibility for your own life and tell them to go do one

[@brentbeacham9691]

Agree! I no longer buy Starbucks coffee.

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

Please read the novel Shadow Valley about how unions have been blocked in Silicon Valley for more than 100 years and why the Valley is considered "non-unionizable".

[@Pensnmusic]

@@Zach-ju5vi and homelessness and wealth inequality Some winners, a very small amount of big winners, isn't good if it hurts everyone around them. It's the exact same argument when peoole say "look at the wealth in the US" while ignoring the wealth we stole and continue to steal from other countries. From the start of the US to modern day our wealth has consistently come at the expense of other people. "Look, the human biofuel machine *did* produce money, though, so it works and is good"

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@Zach-ju5vi ignorant traitor says what?

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@Pensnmusic folks like zach are too blind & weak-minded to realize what you say...

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Zach-ju5vi Hey look it's troll boy putting everyone to sleep with his verbal Ambien. ZZZZzzzz.....

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Pensnmusic Ignore that corporate shill. He is this channels troll..

[@darinsingleton3553]

Well done, Bob.

[@brucebasile5083]

As always !!!!! He's the best.

[@murphyrod4839]

It’s Workers Rights to unionize, federal laws protect the workers. As a retired Union Steward IBT ‘the man’ can’t stop this protected activity.

[@LiiMuRi]

Doesn't the US have any state or nation wide unions? Are all unions restricted to a single work place or some small number of people? In Finland, I could join a nation wide union of my field of work without even telling my boss.

[@stevechance150]

Sorry Robert. I live in a state of rampant gerrymandering. My Blue vote doesn't count. My Senator is Red to the bone.

[@CT-yc4gd]

My grandfather was a world war 2 vet. Leatherneck and all that. He retired and got a pension from Raleys way back in the day and raised a family of 4 as a department head of the butcher dept. He used constantly beat it into my head to stay loyal and work hard. Unfortunately, that was from a different time. Companies broke the social contract decades ago. It brought me so much joy to when Covid hit (not because of the disease itself) and people receive extended unemployment and stimulus checks. The workers had power again. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. But it woke people up. It makes me so happy that people finally snapped out of it and realized that the front line "low skill" jobs have a significant part in our society. Unfortunately, now companies are heavily investing into outsourcing and AI to replace the cost. I hope the government steps in to stop this at some point or at least reduce it significantly.

[@44jimcordell31]

Because of my union I have far better pay and far better medical insurance (for which I do not pay). This is important, but even more important is job security and the workplace respect that I have because of my Union contract.

[@Charon85Onozuka]

Going through insurance open enrollment at my job right now, & I'd love to be on decent medical insurance without paying again. Funny thing, the state-provided "poor people insurance" from the expanded covid legislation was the best dang insurance I've ever had. Paid once in taxes and then it actually covered prescriptions, medical, dental, and even optical! Now that I'm back to work - the only insurance offered basically wants to take most of my first week's pay every month so I have the privilege of paying out of pocket in full for prescriptions/medical (eyes and teeth not allowed). I'd kill to have a union job that gave decent medical for only the price of union dues, that alone would be more than worth the price even before considering the other union benefits.

[@meriscorditan2799]

@@Zach-ju5vi Lick that boot more.

[@44jimcordell31]

@@Charon85Onozuka I had this same experience. The job I had before this, the only people that could afford the insurance was management. It was open for anyone to have it but no one on the floor could afford it. And each time premiums went up the salaries of management went up so that they could continue to afford the medical insurance. I can hardly believe that now I have Blue Cross Blue Shield that covers me, my wife and my children at no premium to me because of the Teamsters.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Zach-ju5vi Why look who is here as expected. It's anti union, pro corporate shill .........Troll boy Zach.

[@brucebasile5083]

Well said my brother. SOLIDARITY !!!!!!

[@wellness-energetics1487]

Please run for President!

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Zach-ju5vi No more projecting about your fearless leaders mental deteriorating on others.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@Zach-ju5vi yet you suck off to don the con & his puppet master putin!

[@karengossett1475]

Our Unions in the old days were strong! Where would we be without them today I can’t imagine? Then came crime within the organizations and the Companies took advantage of them! Now here we are fighting to be treated fairly again! 🤬

[@boltstrike2787]

What good is calling your lawmaker going to do when these corporations are likely lobbying to kill any kind of pro-union bill? Politicians are not going to help, we the people need to take matters into our own hands. Protests, riots, even a full on revolution if all else fails.

[@GuardianofRoin]

Love the added bit of humor in the asides. 1:34 being a prime example.

[@denisebuethe9462]

WALGREENS

[@brady9592]

Appreciate ya Robert

[@douglasspickler4925]

I'm glad to hear about the workers wanting to organize. As a retired federal government employee and AFGE VP we managed to negotiate contracts that gave our employees many nice features. Solidarity 👍

[@raphaelalexandreyensen6291]

you know if they put Jail time as a punishment for the corperate officers who break the law I'll bet they would stop breaking it.

[@brucebasile5083]

Thank you professor for explaining to everyone about these anti union tactics by big business.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

indeed. here's an reenactment of said tactics: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npPZdqeKgLFjrtU

[@brucebasile5083]

@@IMPOTUSx2 Perfect..

[@dwj3005]

Check out the state of Wisconsin. We got union workers on strike for months. I ride by and show support to the union workers. But there is some manufacturing companies that have a certain part of the building that is union and other part not union. I don't get that is there something I'm missing. In Wisconsin republicans got this right to work thing going on and it is wrong. Tell me if you agree with me on that.

[@brucebasile5083]

The vast majority of working Americans agree with you my friend..

[@iamthebock]

Optum is currently accruing 13+ ULCs during our unionization effort. They would rather layoff employees illegally and pay the fine than follow the law!

[@nickfanzo]

I’ve even heard of banks making employees sign documents saying they can’t unionize to accept their job upon hiring. This is against your rights!

[@davidmicalizio824]

Thank you, Sir!

[@leobigelow7021]

Apparently, according to this elderly Socialist, companies are supposed to just let the union do whatever it wants. If they don't, it's "union-busting".

[@ariss3304]

Firing someone on the basis of union discussion is a violation of free speech. Something you clearly only care about perfunctorily

[@anthonyberger810]

If they had to fight fair, almost the entire service sector would be unionized at this point

[@DeusShaggy]

What do you expect? This here's 'Merica and Greed rules.

[@erincaitlin1655]

Yeah, as long as the $$$$$$ remains American's god, nothing will change ! And to think they call themselves a "Christian nation" ! What a sick joke.

[@silverancient7840]

Yep, I remember working at walmart (hellmart) and they hiring manager lady would always try to drill in new hires heada that "unions are bad".

[@KennethJLave]

Reich 2024!

[@jaylundgreen]

I'm really enjoying your videos! One thing that I would appreciate is a little of explanation as to how the opposing view is wrong.

[@benjaminhinz2552]

What opposing viewpoint exactly? These types of conflicts are about the needs of the working class vs the extremely selfish upper class. Its not an "incorrect" view to bust unions, only morally wrong.

[@jaylundgreen]

@@benjaminhinz2552 Believe me, I feel the same way, but I want to have a more complete understanding of the issue. So I'm curious what people say that disagree. What is the basis of their argument, etc.

[@benjaminhinz2552]

@@jaylundgreen Are you searching for an argument about union busting being necessary or good for the workers? Because the video presents such an argument: cost (700 dollars/year), and counters with pointing to the benefits: increased wages (700 dollars/month). That seems like an attempt at debunking counterarguments.

[@tracesprite6078]

Thank you, Robert. You're the best.

[@5150cappie]

Thank You Robert - I live in the Bay Area & look forward to seeing you speak hopefully soon. Keep sharing your beautiful sensibilities. You are an inspiration to Freedom.

[@4toes1nose]

Thank you

[@minamimoto2193]

Thank you for this important information. Workers unite!

[@youtubeaccount6561]

I feel so hopeless as an Amazon worker. Bc ik we can’t unionize.

[@MichaelDowlan]

🎉go Union 💪

[@rgreed20081]

Here is an ideal for a future videos. Focus on some examples of employers who do care for their employees, and company CEO"s and Presidents whose salaries are between $200,000 and around $1,000,000.

[@madeline1714]

“Here’s a good idea. only focus on the thing that makes me look good!”

[@madspunky]

Love this!

[@brucebasile5083]

All clear thinking folks do love this..

[@Inglesemente]

I have worked for Amazon and it's the best company I have ever worked for. Great pay, great benefits, great work conditions. We don't need a union!

[@apolux359]

Thanks for the guide.

[@mont5584]

Mr. Reich, Please run for President!!!

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

The bourgeoisie will do anything in their power to prevent the proletariat from even the the most basic form of organising. United we stand, divided we beg!

[@1blakklab1]

I'm so proud to be union 65! My boss was trying to take advantage of me and the union got him! The corporations are bad! Thanks union!

[@TacoTuesday4]

Good for them

[@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author]

I get happy when I see a video from Dr. Reich because I know I am getting the truth and learning something new! Thank you, sir.

[@brucebasile5083]

As always !!!!! He's the best..

[@smallfootprint2961]

Thank you for telling the truth about us having a voice in labor matters.

[@brucebasile5083]

He is always on the side of working Americans. God bless Professor Reich..

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Zach-ju5vi ZZZZzzzz.... Same old verbal Ambien from this channels corporate shill troll. Professor Reich triggers you every time he puts out one of his fabulous fact filled videos. It must really be tough on you that so many everyday Americans love him.

[@Josh-99]

America's economy was at its peak during the golden decades of unions, and this time also coincided with the largest rise in wealth for the working class that America had ever seen. It allowed a record number of Americans to escape poverty, get married, buy a house, have children, and generally get better life outcomes. Which makes sense, when you think about it. If more money is in the hands of the 93% of the population that are considered working class, i.e. they trade their labor and expertise for wages as opposed to paying other people to do work for them, the nation is far more likely to prosper. But thanks to deregulation, a general unwillingness to enforce corporate and labor laws, and corporate consolidation, we are witnessing the largest wealth transfer AWAY from that 93% and into the hands of the 7% of the owner class that America has literally ever seen. It's even worse than the Gilded Age! It's time for a return to the days of powerful unions, and for our government to start enforcing our corporate and labor laws. It's also time for an end to the era of lobbying.

[@Josh-99]

@@Zach-ju5vi Uh, no it wasn't. I don't even know how you expect to be taken seriously when you say something like that. The vast majority of people, if they wanted to point to one single cause of the 1970's recession, which is rarely -- if ever -- the right thing to do, would blame the 1973 oil crisis. As a secondary consideration, they would likely point to the massive war debts from the Vietnam wars and other anti-Communism military actions. Almost nobody I can think of would seriously blame the expansion of working class wealth and stability for the 1973 recession. How ignorant can you possibly be? Edit: Out of curiosity, I looked up the 1973 recession on Google and almost all results, including the Wiki page, blame the oil crisis and war deficits. So... yeah... you might want to take an economics class, or at least an American History one.

[@Josh-99]

@@Zach-ju5vi What the hell kind of abject drivel is this? We started a war to keep people EMPLOYED? Are you actually insane? A HUGE number of people who were sent to Vietnam were DRAFTED. They weren't looking for work -- they were young adults, including many teenagers, who were sent UNWILLINGLY. Many had jobs, wives, and children! Vietnam was an bungled mess that cost the US immense amounts of blood and treasure! The war was started on the basis of the "Domino Policy", which was a political and military doctrine that proposed that allowing Communism to gain a foothold in any one nation in an area would result in other nearby nations falling "like dominoes" into Communism as well. In defense of the policy, that did hold true for Vietnam and surrounding nations; once Vietnam fell, the other neighboring nations either adopted Communism or were forced into it. Gods, man! Do you know absolutely nothing about US history? They teach about the Vietnam War in 8th grade! This is really basic American history. You exhibit far too much ignorance -- willful or accidental, I'm not entirely sure -- for me to continue to interact with.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@Zach-ju5vi More verbal Ambien putting everyone to sleep from troll boy, Zach hahahaha

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@Zach-ju5vi filthy traitor says what?

[@joeydoherty368]

“Union Dues cost $700 dollars a year.” Lol I wish they were that cheap at my job.

[@bessermt]

How much are they where you work? What union?

[@joeydoherty368]

@@bessermt I work for a railroad union in NJ. They come out to about $1000 a year for me.

[@joeydoherty368]

@@bessermt The Union is Local 60.

[@bessermt]

@@joeydoherty368 Okay. I assume cost of living in NJ is higher than most other places in the country, so maybe $700/yr is a national average? Regardless, should I take it you don't think the dues are getting you that much in higher wages, working conditions, ... etc, so you don't feel it is worth it? ... Or maybe yoiu just don't think the $700/yr is accurate? Just trying to understand, I'm sincerely interested.

[@joeydoherty368]

@@bessermt Yeah cost of living is definitely higher in NJ. I’d say the dues are worth it since I have a very good job. It all depends of what the union provides, but mine is pretty good.

[@sparkofgenius3372]

GREAT JOB!!! AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@brucebasile5083]

He's #1.

[@davevanfunk8917]

Union busting in a free country. Disgraceful.

[@beneaton1776]

With all the scrutiny they give low level candidates about their customer service skills (they ask for years of experience) and how they tell those workers to be available whenever the company needs it, the company should not then be allowed to postpone union votes for their own convenience.

[@bryanalcantarfilms]

Very informative.

[@brucebasile5083]

Absolutely !!!!!!!

[@raventhorX]

I'd be concerned if the head honchos of the unions end up abusing that power in the end as well. What protections do employees have against that? I don't know much about unions in the first place but they are sounding more enticing and co sodering their rise of popularity lately I would suspect that if it continues we will have lots of unions again. When that happens surely there will be people who end up in leadership roles for unions that end up abusing their supposed power.

[@eagiuliani9357]

you and all the other workers ARE THE UNION. Run for office in the union and keep everyone straight and avoid "abusing" the power..

[@MrTwenty20video]

Good report.

[@brucebasile5083]

Yes it is.

[@devinshelby4506]

This is one of my favorite videos of all time.

[@prodextron]

TALKED about unionizing while working at Securitas. They got p!ssed! Then we remembered Securitas bought the Pinkertons. Pinkerton's history for unionizing is not great

[@garlandcampbell7994]

Sorry Robert, unions reward the least productive at the expense of the most productive. Unions steal from the best workers and give that money to the worst. Unions are okay but socializing the wages is not.

[@tonystanley5337]

I am pro-union but Unions also need to be financially liable for significantly corrupt strikes and false information that cost the company money.

[@charlesbrown6664]

All true Robert, the company vs union battle has been happening since I've been old enough to work since 1980. What do you think about president Bidens behavior?

[@gdobie1west988]

Biden is an idiot.

[@petert4540]

Im from Australia. Every new employee my Employer hires is told not to join the union as this may affect their chances for promotion within the company. They are also really pushing with diversity etc. It's so obvious their trying to weed out the union employees.

[@JohnDoe-sw1rs]

Of course the Australian criminal has a problem with diversity lmao

[@Ianpact]

Thank you, Robert.

[@Tesseract745]

Thanks for teaching a young upstart businessman on how to break unions I will use this information to good use

[@82spiders]

This is a zero-sum game. For example, if Starbucks unionizes, no more Starbucks for me. I live on social security. Does Dr Reich suggest I strike?

[@ricklovelaec6442]

Anyone who doesn't think that corporations aren't organized against the union, you are just kidding yourself, and you need to join one to protect your rights as a worker, now if everyone would just follow the, treat others as you would like to be treated, then maybe we wouldn't need to have all these rules and regulations, telling you that you have to have a safe place,to work, or that your product needs to meet certain safety standards,

[@bookbook9495]

This is short enough that my state rep may actually watch this- thanks!

[@gumbofiend]

I was forced to endure a captive audience meeting that fell on my birthday. When a co-worker of mine tried to surprise me with a cake that morning, management swooped down on him, commandeered the cake, and then they made a big show of presenting me with his birthday cake.

[@irisseer2773]

Walmart just closes the offending store down.

[@NEMO-NEMO]

@Iris Gosh your funny!

[@eavyeavy2864]

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” - John Steinbeck

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@brucebasile5083]

Absolutely !!!!!!!

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

This is wonderful, thank you!

[@ChiSoxEdits]

Corporations pay so much for union busting tactics and commit illegal activities to avoid unionization that it makes you wonder if unions didn’t work why would a corporation risk their image and revenues to avoid unionization of their employees.