It is September and normally that would mean that new seasons television shows would begin. That is not the case because the Writers Guild of America, led by the fearless Fran Drescher, is striking the big television and streaming producers in Hollywood. Then the Screen Actors Guild went on strike. This has been going on for 5 months. Two weeks ago, the United Auto Workers union also went on strike against the big 3 Detroit, MI car manufacturers. Personally, I’m not affected much. There are lots of episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on YouTube, and those take over an hour and 30 minutes to go through. Also, I am not in the market for a new car, especially not when Ford stands for Fix or Repair Daily.
My opinion of labor unions is that they can be both good and bad. Examples of some of the good they do are improving safe working conditions and get a decent wage for their members. Some of the bad they do are spending money on expensive shit for the labor organizers and get involved with racketeering and organized crime. I’m looking at you, Teamsters. Personally, I am not in a labor union. Workers at one old facility I worked at voted to unionize after I left. Years after the union was voted in, they are shutting down manufacturing entirely there by the end of this year. Lots of good there. I’ve heard from a person who worked there that everything went downhill after the union moved in. This is just my personal anecdote. I cannot speak for any industry in particular. I will say that illegally trimming tree branches that provide shade to strikers is as dick a move as tear-gassing BLM protestors to get your picture taken holding an upside down bible in front of a church in DC.
By the way: I cannot think the word “union” without my brain pronouncing it “onion”.
