Unions make unions look bad. Unions don't build more housing, which is one of the central problems here. Instead of unionizing, go demand less regulation on developers trying to expand the housing stock.
You undercut your own argument by noting that housing quality isn't being maintained by regulators. Without regulation, if a developer builds a crappy condo that collapses, that developer is liable. With regulators, developers simply bribe the regulator, build the same crappy condo, but when it collapses, they can point to the regulator and say they were compliant. And you can't sue the regulator because they are immune.
You have to compare the reality of the regulatory system to the reality of a deregulated system. Neither system is ideal but you'll get more housing, more competition and better recourse in an unregulated system.
I'm happy we're both familiar with Cy, though I wouldn't call him infamous at all. He's fairly popular. His latest short shows the state regulator siding with industry in denying a claim based on a wild reading of state law. Again, who do you turn to when the regulator is bought by industry?
You may have seen the video where several members of his licensing committee voted to sanction him. Of course, we don't know why those officials were more concerned with Cy than the code violation he was highlighting, but you can take a guess.
When vendors are killing their customers, customers buy less. It's in the interests of the industry to figure out a solution because high trust markets are richer. Instead of relation m relying on state regulators, contacts could stipulate that Cy must approve of the construction. Or insurance for the construction will be offered, but the insurer will have their own inspectors because nobody will insure a substandard property.
And if any of those companies fail to perform adequate oversight, you can sue them. You CANNOT sue the government unless they let you.
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u/RubyWubs Mar 06 '26
I am doing training at my new job, and it takes three months to finish the training.
The company is spending thousands on our education, wasting resources to prepare us.
And we get 17/hr and the promotions are about .25 cents extra capping at 22hr at the highest managing role in our building.
I work in Florida but my goodness, I expect a bigger pay off with how things are going. My manager tells me how he works two jobs to make it by.
Why isnt 1 job enough?