If you’re not familiar with r/Fednews, it’s a subreddit where gov workers are sharing stories.

Unionizing is already going to be a uphill battle in this Trump era. But don’t quit. Don’t feel like it’s a hopeless cause. They want you to quit. They want you to be angry and get rid of you.

If you want change, then stay. Do just enough. Wait for an opening and force them to fire you.

That’s what they did during the democrat presidents.

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    Unionization will be an uphill battle… Wait… Not all non-managers public employees in the US are unionized??? Man, looking from the outside in, the US is ridiculous…

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      You can thank Rupert Murdoch, but yes, it is.

      Workers who are heavily exploited, underpaid, and lose their job to this type of political nonsense are usually at best suspicious and at worst hostile to unions. They bathe in right-wing propaganda about “right to work” and greedy/corrupt unions just being another layer of bureaucracy that siphons off their wages.

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        Can confirm. Got a shitty job at Home de Pot in 2016. The longest, most in depth video they showed during the onboarding process was about how unions are evil and they just take dues without providing any kind of service.

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          But that’s a private sector job, here I was replying to someone talking about pubic servants not being unionized, which to me is completely ridiculous!

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            My point was that the anti-union propaganda is everywhere. And it’s pretty damn effective, considering the current state of things.

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    Just by making themselves the mildest of obstacles they are doing more than the entire dnc

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    then stay. Do just enough. Wait for an opening and force them to fire you.

    Tbh, if you’re working primarily to make someone else wealthy and you aren’t doing this already, I have no idea what you’re even doing with your life.

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      I have no idea what you’re even doing with your life.

      It’s called earning a living. Not everybody has the luxury of a moral high horse to ride off into some picturesque sunset. They have bills to pay and mouths to feed.

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        This isn’t saying not to work. It’s don’t work harder than you have, don’t go above and beyond. Don’t be your employer’s simp, they’ll fuck you when it’s convenient for them.

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        Tf is your problem? Are you that desperate to lick the boot that’s on your neck? 🙃

        Sorry, you get what you fucking pay for… You wanna pay me the lowest amount you can (in most cases legally) get away with? That is exactly the amount of effort you’re gonna get in return.

        And if you don’t like it, feel free to go get fucked by your moral high horse right in your picturesque sunset 🖕😁🖕

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    I wouldn’t trust those shit heels at top to honour a buy out.