ELi5: What are unions and why are people so for it or so against it?
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Unions are when workers unite and agree to collectively bargain together for a contract with a boss. If the owners refuse, the workers can go on strike and prevent the company from doing business. Back in the day, the bosses would try to hire ‘scab’ labor, which lead to violence. Eventually, after years of struggle, workers got the right to organize. Unions gave us things like the eight hour day, child labor laws, OSHA, unemployment insurance, laws against sexual harassment, etc etc.
Unions are hated by the ruling class, because they want cheap labor. They will spend a lot of money on politicians who make anti-union laws.
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