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Imo, theres pros and cons. In my neck of the woods, union workers do far better than "decent working conditions and living wages" and its a much sought after position. Iirc, they only test twice a year, and theres hundreds more applicants than there are positions available. You can literally be on a wait list for months / years. Thats why its not "what you know" its "who you know" but I digress. Ive watched my friends go from ~$17-19/hour starting to ~$35-38/hour in 5 years (journeyman-->apprentice so just imagine the jump from apprentice-->whatever its called) and of course they have great insurance and retirement packages. All good for them and union workers in general but those costs are passed on to the customers.

Its interesting to me that the Army and Navy variants arent having the same developmental pains.

Second Attempt To Test The Air Force's First Hypersonic Weapon Fails. *sad trombone noise*

I have three friend is various unions (plumber, electrical, brick layer) and not a single one are there for the "political affiliation". They are there for the job security, ridiculously high pay, and great benefits. The down side to unions is their prices are x2/x3 of non-union companies, so naturally customers in need of those services gravitate toward the more economical options. They also like to protest in front of non-union business with a giant inflatable rat, which always makes me lol hard.

You would think it would at least fall under "depraved indifference" or something like that, but I dont think so. Maybe our resident lawyer will have more insight.

*a new challenger enters the ring against AUS* Texas Governor Bans Mask Mandates as Republicans Embrace Death and Disease.

I might be the only one on the planet that didnt hate the movie so Ill give it a looksee.

Thruster Misfire? Russia’s New ISS Module Just Turned the Station Out of Position. Ah, Russia. This thing barely wheezed its way to the docking port and now this.

Touche'

If an old man laughs from a porch and theres no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?

In general, I wonder why this is the case? If two consenting adult prisoners want to bump uglies, whats the problem? Somethingsomething one has power over the other, thus it cant be consensual?

List of labor unions in the United States.

Dusty Hill

Strange Black Hole Discovery Confirms Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity.

@Monte Carlo Would have loved all those tunnels.

And if she and Chiles quit, then the 2 more team, 2 specialists and up to three alternates/replacements will be stoked for a shot at gold!

I wonder who she beat out to make the team. That woman is probably crushed.

Agreed. But the lawsuit accomplishes that imo. This seems like bush league attention seeking.

Well, they dont want to lose a full days pay.

I guess the lawsuit wasnt "protest-y" enough.

Total or per daily ticket? Be sure to post pics fully in your costume!

Just wait until the Echo variant rears its ugly head!

Im willing to roll those dice. All we have to do is "tax the rich" and all our societal problems will melt away like an Antarctic glacier.

I dont think UBI is necessarily meant to address unemployment, more so its a supplement intended to raise the baseline standard of living. For example, my lord and savior Andrew Yang proposed 1k / adult / month. Since its just me and my wife living here now thats only 2k / month. We couldnt quit our jobs on that and our monthly bills greatly exceed that. But it would significantly reduce the pressures of life, increase spending potential, and I cant state this strongly enough, I would finally be able to pursue my dreams of becoming an international interpretive dancing star.