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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

ShazzieB

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5. So-called "right to work" is such a crock. 🙄

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 01:10 AM

May 9

My husband worked in manufacturing for tears, never in a union shop. Some of his employers treated workers fairly well, but others were real salt mines. It was a complete crap shoot.

One of my other pet peeves is "employment on demand," which imo should called "UNemployment on demand." I can remember (barely) when the phrase job security" wasn't an oxymoron. Times have changed, and not for the better.

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So-called "right to work" is such a crock. 🙄 ShazzieB May 9 #5