Thrillist’s management could have saved a lot of time and goodwill by just recognizing the union once the cards came in and it was overwhelmingly in favor. It was pretty clear that the employees weren’t on the fence and possibly open to union-busting persuasion/threats.

Spite is a good foundation for political and social opinions.

This reminds me of a family member, who as a part of a private union, was constantly bad mouthing public unions, one of which I am a member. Finally after a long time, I realized that he didn’t know that my union was only public because it is impossible for a union of public school teachers to negotiate with a private…

Why? If you’re pro-union, I am curious why pro-union content bothers you. Is it the quantity? The content? This was pretty low on any opinion or insight from Hamilton (it was only four sentences!) And why does it make you want to reconsider your beliefs?

Thrillist management was reportedly...

I’m a grad student at Columbia, and will be TAing this semester despite how disorganized everything is and how shitty TAs have been treated in the past, mostly because I knew that with so many people fighting for the union, we could probably make the working conditions better this year. But yeah, I’ve heard so many…

But it’s a ~*marketable experience!*~ You can put it on your résumé, just like an unpaid internship!!