Twitter is not amused by Delta’s bizarre posters, urging its employees to invest in video game consoles rather than a union.
Delta Airlines is passing around anti-union posters comparing union dues to the price of a new console, implying the latter will bring employees more joy than the former. And this particular message is uniting both gamers and pro-union labor leaders in a single message: WTF, Delta?
The message, a poster emblazoned with a non-brand-specific controller, was spotted by Common Dreams writer Eoin Higgins. It reads, “Union dues cost around $700 a year. A new video game system with the latest hits sounds like fun. Put your money towards that instead of paying dues to the union.” At the bottom is a URL for Delta’s anti-union site, along with the slogan, “It’s your money. Don’t you think you should keep it?”
Wow, so we’re not even trying for a subtle message here, are we? Similar posters surfaced tempting users to spend their union dues on baseball tickets and “a few rounds” on a night out watching football.
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: a video game console and union membership are not even remotely in the same stratum.
