I was really hoping that this would be a clickbait title... but it's neither an exaggeration nor reading between the lines.
> Union dues cost around $700 a year. A new video game system with the latest hits sounds like fun. Put your money towards that instead of paying dues to the union
Deplorable, but this stark arithmetic is amusing to me. With such a reduction: unionizing is an office pool to hire a lawyer, to negotiate for better wages and benefits. Those negotiations are often successful, with an expected payout significantly more than $700. And hey. When you compare it to a large-but-reasonable outlay of discretionary spending... $700 doesn't sound that bad.
> Union dues cost around $700 a year. A new video game system with the latest hits sounds like fun. Put your money towards that instead of paying dues to the union
Deplorable, but this stark arithmetic is amusing to me. With such a reduction: unionizing is an office pool to hire a lawyer, to negotiate for better wages and benefits. Those negotiations are often successful, with an expected payout significantly more than $700. And hey. When you compare it to a large-but-reasonable outlay of discretionary spending... $700 doesn't sound that bad.