stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBeing Mean to Scabs Is Workingwww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareXariphon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up77arrow-down3·1 year agoIt took me far too many braincells to realize that this headline means “being mean to scabs is effective” and not “being mean to scabs is, itself, doing work.” Maybe I need to use the sleep.
minus-squareTar_alcaran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·1 year ago “being mean to scabs is, itself, doing work.” Volunteer work is also work, and I’ll gladly do this for free.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoAlthough if I could be paid to be on strike I think that would be best.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoHey, if it paid a living wage I would be mean to scabs professionally, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
minus-squarebert@lemmy.monsterlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI’d do the same 8 hours a day, but I’m taking Fridays off as well, tyvm.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoThis is literally the job of labor union leaders. Go be one! We need more.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIf the being mean to scabs union goes on strike, what happens if a member of the union scabs?
It took me far too many braincells to realize that this headline means “being mean to scabs is effective” and not “being mean to scabs is, itself, doing work.”
Maybe I need to use the sleep.
Volunteer work is also work, and I’ll gladly do this for free.
Although if I could be paid to be on strike I think that would be best.
Hey, if it paid a living wage I would be mean to scabs professionally, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
I’d do the same 8 hours a day, but I’m taking Fridays off as well, tyvm.
This is literally the job of labor union leaders. Go be one! We need more.
If the being mean to scabs union goes on strike, what happens if a member of the union scabs?