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Carnegie Mellon custodial workers: “If we have a family emergency we can’t leave for anything. We’re like prisoners here.” (the-tartan.org)

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[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

I assume the leaders can be voted out? Maybe even a petitions for an immediate election or specific ballot measures? I'm not sure what typical union rules allow. I've worked a shitty union job for a little bit, and I think the problem is with low-paying, high turnover jobs, people don't really care about the job enough to participate in union functions (at least I didn't, and nobody else I worked with did). So, I think you just get the union catering to the high-seniority people who do participate, and then there's probably also corruption up top.