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argonautweakend posted...

Places like Wal-Mart and Starbucks are scared of unions, but I have to ask why...because we all know these companies don't actually care for their employees but somehow when it comes to unions they care enough about their employees livelihood to make sure they make the right choice.

There isn't much need to ask why. They're scared of unions because it takes control away from them. They've become as large as they have by cutting as many corners as they can legally get away with, particularly when it comes to wages and employee welfare. Unions take power away from them, limiting their ability to watch their 10-figure bottom lines keep going up indefinitely, and they don't like that. Any narrative they spin about how unions cost employees so much or are somehow bad for them is 100% propaganda to protect their bottom line, not any sort of genuine concern for their employees (usually, those concerns are outright false, since on average union wages exceed non-union wages by significantly more than their dues).