There are a number of international unions that could use a clean house and redo. Most of them represent the lowest paid workers. This isn't just a 'murica problem. Canada is no better.
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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The sellout contract covering Washington workers, which the union called a “breakthrough contract,” included a $2.70 increase in annual hourly wage over the next two years, a mere $0.30 increase from what was initially proposed by the grocery monopolies. Considering the increased health insurance costs and inflation, this amounts to a decrease in real wages. According to workers on social media, increased staffing—one of the workers’ primary demands—was addressed only abstractly in the contracts. The contract also removed the union’s initial proposal that ICE agents must have a warrant signed by a federal judge to be let inside stores.
Unions shot themselves in both feet by corrupt and going on the take from the people they were supposed to be repping against. Agree with a total housecleaning and redo.
This is why worker led decentralized unions like IWW are so important. They are far less corruptable than standard unions.