The fall (and rise?) of unions in the US

I love seeing videos that actually show statistics and facts supporting their claims

Well done stats

Amazing video

The fall of onions...

The fall and rise? And yet the picture clearly shows a ride then fall. U guys are too funny😂

Did Rick Astley unionize after hearing “Never Gonna Give You Up” plagiarized in this stock music?

um excuse me do you all even know how to read maps (kind of concerned with the general aptitude of this channel now, even though I agree with your obvious goal ) anyway its obvious by the graph union membership peaked in the mid 40's, not in the 50's come on buds

A change since this video aired:
On August 25, 2023 the NLRB announced a new rule where if, in the lead up to a union election a company engages in illegal anti-union activity (like firing someone for organizing), the election is skipped and the company is ORDERED to recognize the union and begin bargaining with them! Woo!

I love how Vox can present anything so complex so beautifully. This is awesome.

The man just asked a million-dollar question. I just hope more people would think about this

I live in Canada. Wish we had fewer unions. Excessive demands just drive labour to other markets and prevent competitive advantage in areas like automation

How funny would it be if workers of Vox tried to unionize and Vox fought against it tooth and nail...

Unions or flip sno in u

Explain how you don’t think there should be equal pay or benefits. Both in front and behind me have gotten more benefits and more pay.

It always goes back to Reagan.

We need more unions! Call centers

You can thank Lewis Powell for that, folks.

Unions do nothing in my industry tech - Unions are bloated political entities that do nothing

Workers need to do more than peacefully protest. If we want change, leadership must fear the workers.

what do unions even do tho? well except complain

Federal government unions should not exist. I'm glad Regan got rid of them

Government unions should not exist. They breed corruption

beans is the best part of the video

If you’re a regular employee providing a commodity service that isn’t differentiated from others in your same line of work, it makes sense to join a union.

For people who desire to become unique specialists and carve their own space in the industry, unions don’t make sense

What ever happened to those great labor struggle movies like "NORMA RAE" ? My anti-union relative couldn't believe it when I said, the United States was founded on the notion of our collective rights to Unionize and how they made life better; "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Big Corperates think any hint of Unions as the road to "evil communism"

Union busting goons

Unions protect workers simply easily against Companies and corporations join one

Proud union member I make $100k a year,,retirement an welfare

Unions protect an pay workers the most….join or form a union if you’re be abused and underpaid

✓ \First, the Con Edison has failed to prove that Butler’s non-criminal consumption of a legal substance rose to the level of abuse or that Butler’s consumption of alcohol adversely affected his job performance or the public’s trust (whatever that is). Moreover, the only consequence of off-duty chemical substance abuse is that the employee will be sent for a JFE. Here, Butler was sent for a JFE on December 16, 2014 tested negative for drugs and alcohol.
✓ On December 13, 2014, Butler was purported observed by Officer Brito moving from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat a couple of hundred yards from the DWI checkpoint. Officer Brito did not testify that Butler was driving erratically or displayed other indicia of someone that was driving while impaired. The Union concedes that Officer Brito’s assumption that Butler’s actions were to avoid being identified as either a driver who had been drinking or a driver who might not have had a valid license is reasonable. It is also reasonable for Officer Brito to assume that if he could see Butler then Butler could see him. That assumption is not reasonable.
 
✓ Officer Brito also demonstrated his expertise and training in many facets of alcohol and drug testing but the only verified test result was the breathalyzer results. This is important because clearly Brito had an animus against Butler. Brito testified that Butler was quietly being difficult and when Brito was asked why he issued Butler a summons for refusing to test AFTER he submitted to a breathalyzer test Brito testified that Butler was walking out of the police station with a summons regardless. Butler was issued a summons that was so patently meritless that the Westchester District Attorney’s office did not even submit opposition to Butler’s motion to dismiss. (Union Exhibit “2“)
 
✓ The Union submits that Brito’s testimony is troubling. A police officer charged with upholding the law and who described himself as an expert in the observation of behavior under the influence of drugs and alcohol and who is also charged with knowledge of the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law issued a summons that (based on his expertise) he had to know was invalid Brito practically admitted that since Butler gave him a hard time and wasted his time that night (because he did not engage in criminal conduct), he was going to give Butler a hard time. That hard time translated into the issuance of an invalid summons that forced Butler to retain counsel and utterly wasted the time of the Court that dismissed the summons that the Westchester County determined unworthy of opposition.



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Not going to talk about the con

The REAL reason for the decline of unions is the TAFT HARTLY act which BOTH Democrats and Republicans signed. The TAFT HARTLY act prevents sympathy strikes from other unions in solidarity to put pressure on employers AND politicians to resolve contacts in good faith. It is legal for many unions in western Europe to sympathy strike to support other unions, this is how in France unions can basically shut down the economy of France to protect their pensions (or SSI) from being extended beyond their life expectancy.

I don't care what any young person says here the facts are we had a better standard of living in the 50s and 60s why UNIONS I don't care what you say those ARE THE FACTS WITH UNIONS YOU HAVE A BALANCE OF POWER........BUT YOU HAVE TO GOVERNMENT THAT WILL PENALIZE ANY COMPANY GOING TO FOREIGN SHORES TO DO BUSINESS WE MUST PROTECT AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE

Because laws have lowered the need for unions

The union today is nothing but democrat platform to take ignorant peoples money.

Unions don’t mean much when they off shore snd outsource jobs.

I quit my union it’s been bad it was a taping union

Vox, unionized company, makes objective news on Unions? Huh.

New Jersey! :D

The issue with Unions is that they are great when they don't have competition. Why do you think Union bosse hate when they lose political power. Cause they can't run the tables. I will give you an example of how the Union is weak as a sin in my state. I was in commercial HVAC, which has a union in my state, but I didn't join. There was a massive job that took place in Indianapolis. And it was a Union Led job. However, there were nowhere near enough Union shops to make up enough bodies in the area to do the job. They literally had to subcontract out to non union shops just to get this job done. And this was a multi-million dollar job.

Inshallah unions will be gone by the end of mid-century.

How to join a union in Australia
Step 1) go to union website
Step 2) punch in your details.
You are now in a union.

Unions protect lazy people. Lazy people corrupt business and production.

Another poorly done video my Vox. The assumption is unions help workers, they don't. Ford began unions in 1941 and GM 1937. Before that time Detroit was richest city on earth. As Rome is not built in a day, it took 40 years to completely destroy Detroit.

It brings a tear to my eye every time i see a union in modern society. Whenever i drive by road construction, and see 2 other guys watching 1 guy work, i say god bless america and salute that man. And since he isnt in any rush to finish his job, he salutes me back then goes on break.

What about Right-to-Work Laws and how they undermine unions?