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Coffee shop workers/service workers are rarely unionized, even in the union-obsessed NYC/NJ area


what the hell does "union" obsessed mean?


New York has the highest union rate amount states[1].

[1] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf


... which is approximately the same as the union rate for the United States as a whole, 1950-1970.


Your point? That's more than 40 years ago. The Unionist movement in the rest of the US is essentially dead (outside of government).


By that the commenter means (I guess) that to be pro-union in the United States of 2016 (where obviously things work swimmingly well for wage earners, without the union-enforced wage and job protections commonplace in other countries) is sufficient grounds to have one's psychological well-being questioned. Indeed, it may be a sign that one is suffering from a bona-fide psychiatric disorder.


A union is a group of people who unite for a particular purpose, often contract negotiation.


They meant to ask about "union-obsessed."


Yes, I thought the meaning of obsessed was clear. The poster was referring to people who are preoccupied with (presumably, `others'`) community contract negotiations.




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