Despite things I’ve said about the unhelpfulness of lumping and halo-effect polarisation, I cannot help but see Jubilee decorations on people’s homes and think ‘scab’
Yes, we must all become scabs. This whole thing is ridiculous!
Frank no! Don’t cross picket lines!
Yes, I am crossing the picket line.
What's the alternative to me crossing the picket line?
Frank nooo, crossing the picket line is bad because it weakens unions, who fight for us in the workplace. Unions are about being stronger if we all work together, and then we all benefit, but scabs who cross the picket line make that more difficult!
No, unions fight for workers in the workplace by creating a situation in which it's a better deal to work there than to do anything else. Scabs who don't go to work there for any reason other than self-defense are making it worse for everyone involved. So I'm a scab. And I'm also a traitor. But even I have standards.
entertained by this thread emerging from a post where the whole union-related bit is purely metaphorical
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It's not metaphorical, though. I'm not making this up. This really happened.
