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And nearly 53,000 votes too! There isnt a member that hasnt suffered on a production, so we all really are amped up to call shenanigans

Amazing! great to see worker solidarity on HN

Meanwhile the top comment here is prefaced with "I'm not super pro-union (plenty of mess there)". I genuinely believe Americans- especially upper-middle class workers like HN visitors- are the subject of a mass disinformation campaign against organized labor.

Most of the stronger conviction anti-union comments I’ve seen on HN are about personal experience. “Mass disinformation campaign” seems like an easy handwave where you don’t acknowledge that unions could have any downsides.

> upper-middle class workers like HN visitors.

Not all of us.

And I know for sure there is at least one trucker on here, I seent it, not sure where that is on the income spectrum, dang-sure not SV money though (is it?).

The best way to avoid a strike is to have a strong strike mandate.

It's easier to bargain, to play "chicken" when you know you have your membership behind you.

It's not easy to threaten a strike when you have a 60% vote, for example.

A union's power is in solidarity.