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martymoran t1_ja7isz3 wrote

doesnt the union pay them to be there?

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ActionJawnson t1_ja7lape wrote

As someone who has been in union picket lines, I was never paid to be there. It may vary by unions.

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RustyShackleford454 t1_ja7wi5v wrote

Can't speak for all unions but for my union, they don't pay you, but you do get things like entries into raffles for things like tvs, power tools and such. A lot of these guys that do the pickets are retirees or apprentices. I've done a couple, they can be pretty boring.

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njstein t1_ja7xby9 wrote

Every picket needs a solid grill master for motivation.

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deep_blue003v t1_ja89vmk wrote

No, we do not get paid for picket duty. Years ago our members were asked to picket certain jobsites if we were out of work. Now instead of doing that every member is required to picket twice a year regardless of whether we are working or not. It's better that way. There were years where I spent 4-6 weeks out of the year picketing various jobsites and some members didn't picket at all. Now it's just a few days and every member shares picket duty equally.

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44moon t1_ja7vq1l wrote

no, but if you're in the union and laid off sometimes the union will ask you to do picket duty

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martinojen t1_ja884i2 wrote

They send the retirees and apprentices sometimes too. The retirees enjoy it and have something to do…. Poor apprentices lol! I feel like they may throw in lunch as well.

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kjm16216 t1_ja8vgpw wrote

Or at least breakfast, after all Dunkin is right there.

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jnachod OP t1_ja7j0gt wrote

I suppose that’s possible but I’m not sure

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martymoran t1_ja8a1ys wrote

seems like its a common misconception

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PM_me_ab_ur_landlord t1_ja8c1br wrote

Seems like people are really seriously misinformed about unions then. Actually useful information

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martymoran t1_ja8c6nv wrote

so its not an asinine comment, gotcha

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PM_me_ab_ur_landlord t1_ja8cdbi wrote

I mean it borders on agenda pushing so I wonder how many people actually believe it versus want to believe it.

“Paid protesters” is a right-wing trope used against popular causes.

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Rdw72777 t1_ja7kjoz wrote

If they are from a union then they are paid. Of course if the work truly is complete then a union would usually move in to another location to protest. Maybe there’s a larger point to be made against the owner of this location that doesn’t make sense to us outsiders.

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