Homer trying in vain to rip the entire contract in one go, and then settling for tearing it sheet by sheet, is such an underrated gag. I love those moments of unexpected realism in cartoons.
My first introduction to labor unions was through the Simpsons. As a graduate student who is now in a union for student employees, I remember that my mind instinctively went to my memories of this episode when I started working for my university. I honestly spent a minute trying to figure out if I’d missed anything important.
"I honestly spent a minute trying to figure out if I’d missed anything important." DENTAL PLAN (Lisa needs braces!) DENTAL PLAN (Lisa needs braces!) DENTAL PLAN (Lisa needs braces!)
This is a little funnier as an adult who has worked in voluntary committees and attempted any kind of employee-led action. Carl was sooo quick to give up his position lol
Welcome, brothers of Local 643. As you know, our president, Chucky Fitzhugh, ain't been seen lately. We're all praying he'll turn up soon, alive and well.
I understand why Burns wanted to get rid of the dental plan. Lenny used it for something completely cosmetic and Joe uses his tooth to bite into metal.
Their chapter president was awful…he had them to trade their health insurance for a pinball machine in the lounge, and their dental plan for a keg of beer at their meetings. I bet he was going to have them trade their pastries for doorstops, next.
Jazz dancers can be professional performers like any other, and pastry chefs are skilled craftspeople. Though to be fair, arguably they should have guilds of their own rather than share a union with nuclear technicians. But that's Springfield for ya.
Back then, Unions were a lot more prominent, so people had experience with the good and bad. Whereas today, most young people only know Unions from their Marxist University Professors.
