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I'm making almost $400,000 total compensation and I'm happily working on things that I love. I don't need a union to tax me and force me to pay dues to do absol

I'm making almost $400,000 total compensation and I'm happily working on things that I love. I don't need a union to tax me and force me to pay dues to do absolutely nothing that will benefit me, besides pay themselves well. On top of that, having a union start representing itself as a political force will definitely upset me. I may be against the militarization of Google, but what if I weren't? What if I supported it? Then I would be paying money to a union that I fundamentally disagreed with. There is a court case going to the Supreme Court about exactly this issue. What if I were a Democrat, and the union decided to support a Republican candidate?

zorpner 9y ago
You have already taken a political stance -- that the common welfare of the labor force is of no concern to you.
- pfarnsworth 9y ago
  There is no proof that unions actually contribute to the common welfare for a labor force such as tech. In fact, it's the opposite. Silicon Valley has been doing so well and enriched so many people that everyone else believes that tech workers have changed cities such as San Francisco for the worse. This was accomplished without a single union in Silicon Valley. It doesn't exist and yet hundreds of thousands of employees around here are disproportionately better off than everyone else. Can you please explain how unions would make things better? Would we be making even more money? Or would they simply enrich themselves from union dues and create friction in every single process that makes this area great?
kiliantics 9y ago
You are exactly the kind of scum that would support militarisation if it handed you a cheque with the right amount. I wouldn't be sad (or organise with my union against it) if a drone vaporised you.
- pfarnsworth 9y ago
  You're exactly the kind of scum that caused Trump to be elected.
  - dang 9y ago
    You can't post like this to HN, regardless of how badly another commenter behaved. We've had to warn you about this kind of thing in the past, unfortunately. If you keep doing it, we're going to have to ban you, so please (re-)read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and abide by the rules from now on.
- solipsism 9y ago
  ... guess dang went to sleep?
- dang 9y ago
  Personal attacks are not allowed on HN, regardless of how wrong or annoying another comment may be. We ban accounts that do this, so would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and not do this again?

zorpner 9y ago

You have already taken a political stance -- that the common welfare of the labor force is of no concern to you.

pfarnsworth 9y ago
There is no proof that unions actually contribute to the common welfare for a labor force such as tech. In fact, it's the opposite. Silicon Valley has been doing so well and enriched so many people that everyone else believes that tech workers have changed cities such as San Francisco for the worse. This was accomplished without a single union in Silicon Valley. It doesn't exist and yet hundreds of thousands of employees around here are disproportionately better off than everyone else. Can you please explain how unions would make things better? Would we be making even more money? Or would they simply enrich themselves from union dues and create friction in every single process that makes this area great?

kiliantics 9y ago

You are exactly the kind of scum that would support militarisation if it handed you a cheque with the right amount. I wouldn't be sad (or organise with my union against it) if a drone vaporised you.

pfarnsworth 9y ago
You're exactly the kind of scum that caused Trump to be elected.
- dang 9y ago
  You can't post like this to HN, regardless of how badly another commenter behaved. We've had to warn you about this kind of thing in the past, unfortunately. If you keep doing it, we're going to have to ban you, so please (re-)read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and abide by the rules from now on.
solipsism 9y ago
... guess dang went to sleep?
dang 9y ago
Personal attacks are not allowed on HN, regardless of how wrong or annoying another comment may be. We ban accounts that do this, so would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and not do this again?