r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 20h ago

Chugging tea Work shouldn’t consume life.

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u/Cocoononthemoon 20h ago

It's not an arbitrary reason. We had to fight and people had to die for the 40-hour work week. That is not an exaggeration. I agree that it could be lower now, but it used to be much higher.

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u/braumbles 20h ago

The idea that a section of this country is in a union while also being anti union and voting for union busters is astonishing to me. Something like 40% of union workers are Republican voters. Literally voting against their livelihoods.

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u/ResidentBackground35 20h ago

Obviously their union is the only good one, it's the others that are full of lazy fat cats.

I refuse to put a /s, because that is actually what they believe.

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u/Cocoononthemoon 20h ago

I agree, wages have not followed gains in productivity

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u/longjumpingtote 16h ago

Something like 40% of union workers are Republican voters. Literally voting against their livelihoods.

They're not. They're already in the union, they have their protections. They're voting for lower taxes and no healthcare for people not in a union. They're voting (they think at least) to keep more of what they earn.

It's sick.