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"As it is now, very few specialists have enough clout to arrest the current momentum, and software professionals, hardware professionals, healthcare workers, an
by bobby_9x 11y ago
"As it is now, very few specialists have enough clout to arrest the current momentum, and software professionals, hardware professionals, healthcare workers, and engineers are likely the only ones that wouldn't be scoffed out of the room if they threatened a general strike."
..and why would they strike? This group is probably in the top 10% of workers paid in the US.
I find it a little strange that a group that has the most power, money, and benefits even thinks about striking.
- Apocryphon 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Playe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Players_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Players_As... Not to mention, unions/professional associations for doctors, lawyers, etc.
- bobby_9x 11y agoSoftware developers already have the best benefits, a union will not be an improvement.
- logfromblammo 11y agoWell, they wouldn't. Collective bargaining is dead in the US. The only ones with any real ability to reverse that are too content to use that power.