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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I work IT on a union contract. I’m building a pension. My cousin retired at 48 from his union mechanic job and now makes 50% pay until he dies.

  You should consider a union.

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  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where are you that it is unionized? Around me, any talk of unionization among my peers is always dismissed as something that would upset the gravy train and cause all our jobs to be offshored.

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    • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You have to have those uncomfortable conversations.

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      $20 days he doesn’t answer.

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    • triptrapper@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a great conversation starter! “Hey, isn’t it interesting that talking about improving our working conditions is so offensive to the boss? Why do you think that is?”

      If you’re interested in learning how to form a union at work, you can pick any big union and contact them with questions. It might help if they’re related to your field, but it’s not a requirement. I worked with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) and they were incredibly supportive. Organizing a union at work is the best decision I’ve ever made.

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• spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a pension through work, and through the government.

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So you work for the government? One of the few to only sectors left in the USA with a pension.

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    • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not in the US. North of that. Canada Pension Plan through the government. If you work, you have a pension. It’s not great, but it’s something.

      The one from work is because I am part of a union.

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• leaskovski@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I got my first proper job at the turn of the century, it was the first thing I signed up to... A shitty stakeholder pension as my company was paying 8% into it

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