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[–] Sandbar_Trekker@piefed.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

From reading the article and watching the video, it didn't sound like they were refusing the option of having a union. It was more that they wanted to have an official vote on the matter, and didn't want to be pressured into a decision on the spot:

[W]e believe a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board is the appropriate path forward. This process protects individual choice and ensures that any outcome reflects the collective will of those eligible to participate.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

It's a lie to stall for time while the lawyers start gathering personal information from the employees.

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 26 points 3 weeks ago

they wanted to have an official vote on the matter, and didn’t want to be pressured into a decision on the spot

If workers want to unionize, that's their business. Workers don't need anyone's permission to organize. Unionization means conditions are bad and individual efforts to correct them have failed. The company wanting an "official vote" is just an excuse to add friction to a process that requires none.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, yes, the NLRB under Trump, an agency that was already less labor friendly under Biden, would certainly not betray the workers.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Of course it wouldn't. And NLRB was one of the first agencies directly targeted by Musk's DOGE, which by some bizarre and unrelated coincidence was also involved in a huge multi-year lawsuit against SpaceX at the time, and said to be holding information related to that suit, the same suit that was dropped this year via an interesting ruling involving the NLRB itself. Of course NLRB is still 100% trustworthy, nothing to see here.