I do know the answer to this. In the US, the process goes roughly so:

Workers want to form a union. Workers sign authorization cards allowing a specific union to represent them. The union approaches the company and says, we have enough of your workers who want to join, (50% +1) will you voluntarily recognize that your workers have formed a union.

At this point it can go a few ways. The company can demand proof that there are 50%+1 workers authorizing the union to rep them. A neutral 3rd party will inspect the cards and attest this to the National Labor Relations Board office in that state. Like a public notary or professional witness. This protects the anonymity of the workers.

The company can immediately, or following this process recognize the union. They can go to the bargaining table and strike a deal with the workers, or enroll with the union under the area agreement and get the workers signed up.

The company can refuse, like wikimedia did, and demand it go to an election. A date is set and the workers come in to vote by anonymous ballot wether to be represented by the union.

If the company is some real shitheels they’ll start dumping $$ into discouraging the workers from voting yes. They hire a union buster and hold captive audience meetings. The union buster tells the workers any kind of lies and bullshit they want, they are a 3rd party and therefore not liable for the bullshit they spout. They say the company will go bankrupt. The company can’t afford to have union workers. Unions are corrupt and suck you dry with dues and don’t deliver a better life for you and your family. Etc.

Companies frequently violate labor law during this time period. They give raises and benefits to anti-union workers. They fire union supporters (they will owe these workers back wages later). They lie to their workers, threaten the workers, intimidate the workers. Often this corrupts the election process and if the election fails, it can be overturned and repeated because of the illegal practices of the company and union busters. Their goal is to wear out and drive away pro-union workers by dragging the process on indefinately. When you see pickets, this is often what the picket is about. Informing the public that the company is mistreating the workers violating their right to form a union.

Wikimedia are some real shitheels.

Good question, if you’ve turned out already you did not grow up with the intense constant social media environment. I haven’t seen anyone mention kids filming each other in school with the associated prank culture and social judgements. Remove that from the learning environment.

Texting is not the problem, it’s addictive apps and the fact that they are filming and posting each others childhoods. I’m too old to understand how that can be made right.

I actually have hope gen z and gen alpha will have constructive ideas how to moderate these forces while retaining what is beneficial, like connection to friends (texting).

All shits, no giggles. >:(

Or! Last 5 books they read.

That’s because you’re old. Like prob an older millenial or genx. Me too, I just roll with the times baby. Nothing wrong with youngsters recycling fashions of yore!

You seen a kid in junco jeans yet, now that is a goddamn trip.

I see you haven’t hung around a military base recently. These teenagers and early 20s all got 1970s staches. Mustaches are back, baby!

Surely this is satire.

Cool beans.

80% of porn is an active turn off for me. Male POV, fake shrieking, obviously uncomfortable women, gross long nails, painful looking implants, people who sound or look like children…the list goes on and on. Hence the endless scrolling. It’s the opposite of addiction.

This whole thread is complaints about how useless the search bar is.

The other ways cost money, make noise, and consume more power.

Butterscotch or chedder flavor.

The Ford Morgan.

Oh Jesus! Look here. You’re thinking of necroPHILIA. A necroPHILIAC. Don’t do honest necromancers like this! Some of us just out here trying to make a living in the dark arts son!

It means overnight shift, usually 10pm to 6am

Oh my lord, and grandma (my mom) comes by during the day and then I get an earful that the teenager sleeps all day it can’t be good for him.

Actually it’s convenient for me because at least his grumpy self is awake when I am home. He’s playing online all night with his tween nephews, his half sister has a new baby so technically he is free babysitting his nephews all night every night till 4am so she can sleep and worry about her newborn most of the day while they are crashed out.

I’m gonna start throttling the internet at 1am, then midnight, then 11 two weeks before school starts.

That sounds correct, I think he might have explained it that way but I was too cooked by watching him use a cast saw on his bare hand to retain.

My kid’s orthopedist had a saw that was a pizza cutter sized cutting wheel, and it stopped when it touched your skin. He demonstrated on his own hand before he started removing cast.

Holy shitballs.

I got banned for saying “what’s this bitch’s address, I’m going to drive over there and kick her in the cunt”. Regarding Johanna Harrer, a nazi doctor who wrote books about abusing babies to make them compliant. She’s been dead for 38 years but I’m banned for threatening violence and trying to doxx her and using the c-word. I’m not going back.

I mod a very very niche emotional support forum, as a community service. It’s been absolutely blasted with spam since they went to AI moderation. The whole site is structured and run by volunteers. I don’t see them coming back from this.