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I think a key component to unions is a marked class dichotomy. Blue collar on one side, white on the other. This leads to strong "us vs them" tribal instincts t
by solipsism 10y ago
I think a key component to unions is a marked class dichotomy. Blue collar on one side, white on the other. This leads to strong "us vs them" tribal instincts to prevail. I don't think that dichotomy is as strong in tech industries, if it exists at all.
- specialist 10y agoVery interesting observation. I had always seen the fight as between capital and labor. But then again, I'm an elitist white urbanite. The book Democracy at Work (linked upthread) attempts to find a third way. Worker owned democratically run organizations. My personal interest comes from when I used democratic decision making on my own teams, to great effect. Alas, we didn't control the capital, so our efforts had limited broader success.
- adrienne 10y agoThe fight is between capital and labor. The problem is that most developers see themselves as potential capital - it's the "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" quip in another form. Nearly everyone on Hacker News seems to think they could be the next unicorn founder, if they wanted to.