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'''Shrek:''' ''[to the others in disbelief]'' [[AndThatsTerrible They don't even have dental]].

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'''Shrek:''' ''[to the others in disbelief]'' [[AndThatsTerrible They don't even have dental]].dental.
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* ''Literature/StarterVillain'' features the Cetacean Association of the Americas, Chapter One, which is a union of UpliftedAnimal dolphins working at a supervillain lair. Later, Chapter Two gets organized. [[spoiler: That's for the whales]].

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* ''Literature/StarterVillain'' ''Literature/StarterVillain2023'' features the Cetacean Association of the Americas, Chapter One, which is a union of UpliftedAnimal dolphins working at a supervillain lair. Later, Chapter Two gets organized. [[spoiler: That's for the whales]].
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Not to be confused with the WesternUnionMan, a Western stock character in charge of the telegraph. Compare and contrast MilkmanConspiracy, when the labor organizing turns out to be a front for organized crime.
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Not to be confused with the WesternUnionMan, a Western stock character in charge of the telegraph. Compare and contrast MilkmanConspiracy, when an everyday profession has a lot of influence behind the labor organizing turns out to be a front for organized crime.
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Not to be confused with the WesternUnionMan, a Western stock character in charge of the telegraph.

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Not to be confused with the WesternUnionMan, a Western stock character in charge of the telegraph. Compare and contrast MilkmanConspiracy, when the labor organizing turns out to be a front for organized crime.
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** The [[MurderInc Assassins' Guild]], while having a number of characters who are members and/or alumni (Vetinari himself was one) veers into ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything territory, much like Wizards who never actually use magic. They're more noted for the cases in which they ''won't'' take an assassination. Supposedly the bell signifying an "inhumation" rings daily, but only nameless background characters are involved.

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** The [[MurderInc Assassins' Guild]], while having a number of characters who are members and/or alumni (Vetinari himself was one) (most nobles in the city send their kids there for the quality of the education), veers into ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything territory, much like Wizards who never territory because the students that are actually use magic. They're there to learn how to be assassins are outnumbered by the students that are there because the upper crust think it's prestigious. And even among those whose job it is to kill they're more noted for the cases in which they ''won't'' take an assassination.assassination (they won't take contracts on Vetinari most notably). Supposedly the bell signifying an "inhumation" rings daily, but only nameless background characters are involved.


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** The Fools' Guild, which trains students in the art of clowning and entertainment. It's noted to be an incredibly dour and humorless place, contrast to the Assassins' Guild right next door.
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** Members of the Alchemists' Guild provide a variety of services, such as Cheery Littlebottom being hired by the Watch to do forensics or Thomas Silverfish making film in ''Moving Pictures''. But they also have a tendency to do explosive experiments, so their guild house has been designed to be easy to rebuild after the roof is blown off.
** When it is not regulating fixed games and card sharps, the Ankh-Morpok Gamblers' Guild is usually located across the street from the Alchemists' Guild house. Sometimes it is next door and sometimes it is underneath. Where else would you expect to find them?
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* ''Literature/StarterVillain'' features the Cetacean Association of the Americas, Chapter One, which is a union of UpliftedAnimal dolphins working at a supervillain lair. Later, Chapter Two gets organized. [[spoiler: That's for the whales]].
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This is not nearly as much TruthInTelevision as one might think, particularly in the United States but also internationally. As seen on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unionization_in_the_world.svg the other wiki,]] Sweden is one of the relatively few countries with a majority union workforce; Great Britain did have one before the UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher years, and Canada has a workforce more than a quarter unionized. At the apex of the movement in the 1950s, nearly a third of America's workers were unionized, but nowadays that number has dwindled to less than an eighth (and is dropping quickly), relegated mostly to the few remaining states with pro-union laws on the books (California and New York happen to be among them), legacy automobile plants, and the public sector (this one may change very soon).

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This is not nearly as much TruthInTelevision as one might think, particularly in the United States but also internationally. As seen on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unionization_in_the_world.svg the other wiki,]] Sweden is one of the relatively few countries with a majority union workforce; Great Britain did have one before the UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher years, and Canada has a workforce more than a quarter unionized. At the apex of the movement in the 1950s, nearly a third of America's workers were unionized, but nowadays that number has dwindled dropped to less than an eighth (and is dropping quickly), about 10%, relegated mostly to the few remaining states with pro-union laws on the books (California and New York happen to be among them), legacy automobile plants, and the public sector (this one may change very soon).
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In any case, the very notion of a union for people who are engaged in illegal activities is frequently played for (at least mild) laughs.

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In any case, the very notion of a union for people who are engaged in illegal activities is frequently played for (at least mild) laughs.
laughs. What exactly is supposed to happen when the CardCarryingVillain Union goes on strike?

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