Sunforged @ Sunforged @lemmy.world

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When a union is at the bargaining table where does their power come from? Does their power come from who they send to negotiate?

Part of the decline in union power has been the idea that union leadership, who they are and their abilities to negotiate, is what wins good contracts. This idea justifies inflated salaries which then leads to union leadership living in a class above the rank amd file members they should represent. This entire concept is referred to as business unionism.

The truth is the power of the union at the negotiating table is their ability to withhold their labor. The rank and file members hold the power, the elected leader is just a representative. Closed door negotiating delegitimizes the true power of the union which is why business owners have sold you the concept that it delegitimizes the negotiations.

Business unionism needs to die in the current labor movement.

It really sucks that it's become so commonplace for union leadership to hold closed door negotiations. Union members should be present and reporting back to fellow members on just what is on the table for the union as a collective to be on board with or fired up against.

No matter what happened with Luke in 8 it required 9 to follow up and stick the landing.

Because the chosen one who can do no wrong would have been somehow more original?

• Stole from the Empire emboldening further rebellion while funding it.
• Lead a prison break, setting back the construction of the Death Star.
• Inspired a city to revolt against occupation.

achieving nothing at all.

Rofl.

@WhoRoger@lemmy.world & @freamon@lemmy.world I think this wins [SWSW].

Stealing the plans to the Death Star so the rebellions new wizard wonder boy can one shot the thing has no impact?

Where you going?

What Disney need to do is just claim that the “end” of the Skywalker saga is part of Legends, recast Luke, Leia, and Han and give us something that resembles Heir to the Empire, or create something entirely original, so that we have an actual sequel to the OT.

This will never happen.

What they have the opportunity to do is skip over this part of the timeline completely and jump into the future with an adult Grogu. If they don't they're idiots. Wait, shit...

Holdo being introduced as a leading heroic character then killed later…

Holdo was a supporting character in Poe's character arch meant to play against his off the cuff tendencies. The sacrifice was meant to be a jumping point for expected growth in the final act. That isn't a plot thread cut.

Luke being killed for no reason…

It was both epic, had it's reason and thanks to force ghosts was never meant to be the end of Luke's plot.

I'm not gonna defend the Canto Bight plot as I obviously have issues with it. I would argue though that it's ultimately a plot thread that was pointless rather than one cut before its end.

Snoke being set up as an immensely powerful bad guy, but later killed without any more explanation of who/what he was…

Snoke was the emperor stand in from The Force Awakens, which had no original ideas of it's own. Snoke needed to die in order to tell an original story. Ben Solo was an infinitely more interesting and complexe villain to focus on. Why would any fan be upset at Snoke's death, the story was set up to be better and different until "somehow the emperor returned".

There was one man who carried the sequels hard. One man that no matter what shit the sequels threw at him he turned to gold. Yet here you are implying he couldn't have been the central antagonist for the last movie?!

Also so what Luke died in some epic space wizardry?! Force ghosts meant he could have played just as big a part in the final act. That's not the detriment you claim it to be.

Give me an example of a plot thread being severed in the same movie.

This was the true Star Wars Sucks Wednesday I was hoping to see.

Your not entirely wrong, expect there was so little plot to 7, it was a rehash of 4 with little to no characterization given to the people it introduces.

Finn is a stormtrooper traumatized by the death of a fellow trooper in the first scene, only to be whooping at killing them himself about an hour later. Why is the Falcon on Jakku? Anakin's lightsaber?!