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No this is not a good thing. Binding workers right to political views is dangerous and other countries show that unions can work without any party propaganda.
by code-is-code 6y ago
No this is not a good thing.
Binding workers right to political views is dangerous and other countries show that unions can work without any party propaganda.
- ForHackernews 6y agoFighting for "workers rights" is a political position. Maybe you're making a distinction between party politics (e.g. endorsing specific candidates) and pushing for general policies, but I think it's incoherent to claim that labor unions are apolitical.
- nicky0 6y agoThe point is that joining a union shouldn't necessitate supporting a certain political party.
- maxehmookau 6y agoIt doesn't. You can join a non-affiliated union or even opt-out of political campaigning and contributions. It's just not all that common.
- nicky0 6y agoThat's good then.
- Griffinsauce 6y agoThis is so confusing, "workers rights" is political by definition. Aligning to a party can be argued, I'd say it's best to break things up into policies more than "teams" but still.
- djrobstep 6y agoWhy is it bad for unions to support political parties, but fine for shareholders?