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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
You know thats not why they are doing it, looking out for union members.
If I own shares in a company and instead of using profits to say; increase the shareholders dividends, they instead donate that to a political party, how is that really different? Shareholders can vote out the board that made the donation, same as union members can.
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1. Because the shareholders agree on the donation. Are you going to Poll every Union member? We're talking the difference between a dozen people and potentially tens of thousands.
2. Companies donate to political parties with the expectation of benefit.
If you've got a giant Union, they're not all NDP voters. They're all across the board.
Thats why I said, it gets murky. I think Unions should be allowed to donate to Political parties, but...its not as clear as that.
What if you're a Fascist? Do you want your Union Dues to be donated to the Greens? You worked for that money, they didnt and they dont represent your values.
And yet...I am still a proponent of Unions being allowed to donate to Political parties. I support that. Because otherwise we're really in Gilead.
If Corporate Interests went completely unopposed? Thats not something I thing we really want to contemplate.
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
But isn't the roll of a union to do what is best for the members. And if , say a party was going to come down hard on unions in whatever way they can, would it not make sense to donate to the other party to protect union rights?
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I dont know how Unions 'roll' do they prefer skates or are they more of 'blade' kind of endeavour?
In seriousness, again, yes. If you read up my post a little, I do agree.
Again, I do not like Unions as they exist in their current form, I have no issue with labour having collective bargaining power.