• A_A@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    “The Union Density Rate” (…)

    How could the average Joe even start to guess what this could ever mean ?

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, weird way to describe it. Why not just say percentage of workers in a union?

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        11 months ago

        Exactly ! (…and thanks for its meaning).
        The funniest part is the title also says : “You Read That Right” …well, no ! …I didn’t since it was unreadable for me :-O

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        11 months ago

        Because “union density” is shorter. Just as “GDP” is shorter than “sum of the income of everyone in a country”.

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            11 months ago

            It’s jargon, like “OOP” and “VRAM”. The people who tend to refer to it will understand.

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          I get the term after reading the article, I’ve just never heard it described that way before. Their own figures say union membership rates in the article which seems much clearer to me and has the same number of words as “union density rate.” Density seems to imply something more geographic or spatial, just seems like an odd way to describe it.

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            11 months ago

            It’s an econ term, it doesn’t have to make sense to non-economists!

            For instance you would think the unemployment rate is the percentage of the population without employment, but no.

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          Just as “GDP” is shorter than “sum of the income of everyone in a country” “who’s winning at capitalism”.

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      11 months ago

      It’s also just their opinion. The results aren’t out yet.

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      11 months ago

      If only that average Joe had access to some type of information network on which to look it up, if only. But alas…