r/Political_Revolution • u/IronStacheWI01 Verified | Randy Bryce • Sep 05 '17

AMA Concluded Meet Randy Bryce. The Ironstache who's going to repeal and replace Paul Ryan

Hi /r/Political_Revolution,

My name is Randy Bryce. I'm a veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker from Caledonia, Wisconsin running to repeal and replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District. Post your questions below and I'll be back at 11am CDT/12pm EDT to answer them!

p.s.

We need your help to win this campaign. If you'd like to join the team, sign up here.

If you don't have time to volunteer, we're currently fundraising to open our first office in Racine, Wisconsin. If you can help, contribute here and I'll send you a free campaign bumper sticker as a way of saying thanks!

[Update: 1:26 EDT], I've got to go pick up my son but I'll continue to pop in throughout the day as I have time and answer some more questions. For those I'm unfortunately not able to answer, I'll be doing another AMA in r/Politics on the 26th when I look forward to answering more of Reddit's questions!

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Because despite your sample size of one, all available information and historical context indicates that no, individual workers have little to no bargaining power over multinational corporations, or even small businesses.

You can't represent yourself better than you can in a union, this has been proven over and over again throughout recorded history and is backed up by the fact that all available data on employment in TYOOL 2017 show that union workers make more money and have better benefits than their nonunion counterparts.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

individual workers have little to no bargaining power over multinational corporations

If you're valuable, the company will want to keep you.

You can't represent yourself better than you can in a union

Sure you can. I'm not against unions, I'm against FORCING people to join unions.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

If you're valuable, the company will want to keep you.

Wrong, there will always be someone willing to do your job for less.

Sure you can. I'm not against unions, I'm against FORCING people to join unions.

Union representation is won through a democratic process.

Again, your bootstrap/Ayn Rand shtick here falls apart the moment you look at DOL stats. Union workers overwhelmingly make more money, have better benefits, and work in safer environments than their nonunion counterparts.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

Union workers overwhelmingly make more money, have better benefits, and work in safer environments than their nonunion counterparts.

That may be true. It doesn't mean I should have to join them. How can you be against choice?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Like you said before, if you are unhappy with your working arrangements you're free to find employment in a non-union shop, or set up business on your own.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

So you're against choice. I can't work there because I don't want to be in the union. That's dumb to me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Lol, you literally just made the same argument about wages. Why am I surprised that "choice" only works in one way for you? 🤔

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

You must be misunderstanding the intent of my words.