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> Trying to play gatekeeper against bringing in more workers... Except many unions do exactly this through closed shops and other tactics.
by humanrebar 9y ago
> Trying to play gatekeeper against bringing in more workers...
Except many unions do exactly this through closed shops and other tactics.
- Apocryphon 9y agoSure. 19th century unions in the U.S. were often racist and or nativist, seeing non-WASPs workers as a threat. But surely a unions formed by 21st century tech workers with over a century of historical wisdom and the modern day spirit of innovation should be able to do better, no?
- arjie 9y agoI sincerely cannot tell if you're being sarcastic or not. The first order of business of any tech union will be to stall the H1-B program and then follow that up with strict gatekeeping rules. Just read HN, a supposedly enlightened class of programmers. It's all short term protectionism from people insecure of their ability.
- Apocryphon 9y agoSurely an industry that prides itself on thinking different can figure out new and innovative solutions to seemingly impossible problems.
- joshuamorton 9y agoI think the point is that they don't want to.
- HillaryBriss 9y ago1. it seems to be more complex than that. i mean, if you look at, say, the SEIU's position on immigration, it does not oppose additional immigration to the US. if anything, the SEIU has taken a pro-immigration position: http://seiu.org/cards/solutions-for-immigration-reform-explained http://seiu.org/cards/solutions-for-immigration-reform-expla... 2. protectionism from people insecure of their ability describes both tech workers and tech companies. Google, Facebook, Apple et al have increased their political presence in recent years with additional lobbyists. corporations love an unfair playing field as much as anyone.