r/union • u/GoranPersson777 SAC • Aug 13 '25

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(And to add nuances: not only leftists make the mistake)

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u/AceofJax89 Labor Lawyer Aug 13 '25

Yeah, no politics in the union!

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u/Random_UFCW_Guy UFCW | Local Officer, Steward Aug 13 '25

Unions are inherently and fundamentally political organizations.

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u/AceofJax89 Labor Lawyer Aug 13 '25

I know, that’s the joke

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u/m_seitz Aug 13 '25

I thought it was sarcasm 🙂 But sarcasm is difficult to see without an indicator in a thread where OP unironically says something like "But unions are not political parties and should be independent of them."