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It would be nice if the recent instances of employee pressure in Google and Microsoft are early signs of software workers organizing.
by jhanschoo 8y ago
It would be nice if the recent instances of employee pressure in Google and Microsoft are early signs of software workers organizing.
- jadedhacker 8y agoIt's a sign of nascent change that springs from the grassroots. The only way we'll know for sure is if organizers appear and begin to succeed. In the context of the child separation policy, some of my colleagues asked what can be done, just giving money didn't seem to be enough. I mentioned a general strike, and they didn't react like it was a crazy idea though unlikely to take hold since this openly fascist policy only affects non-white foreigners. Maybe things are changing though. Spring forth cadres of the revolution! Your people need your leadership.
- oh_sigh 8y agoHow would employees at Google or Microsoft benefit from unionizing?
- blind_boy_grunt 8y agoThe same way any other unionized employees do: higher wages, better benefits, collective bargaining, serious representation in the corporate hierarchy, better job security.
- briandear 8y agoAnd Google employees don’t already that? What better benefits could a Google possibly want? How much higher could their salaries go?
- dagw 8y agoWhat better benefits could a Google possibly want? More vacation time, more reasonable working hours, a more transparent process for promotions and raises, better paternity/maternity polices, a seat on the board and more say into how the company is run. There is a lot more to collective bargaining than salaries.
- confounded 8y agoBy being able to influence management decisions, like working on drone assasinations, forced child separation and imprisonment, etc. etc. ad nauseam.
- briandear 8y agoOrganizing for what? Google employees are well paid, have exceptional benefits — why would they want to potentially destroy all that for collective bargaining? That’s ridiculous.
- t0astbread 8y agoBecause they don't want to support the practises of their organization?
- rumcajz 8y agoIt's not just software industry btw: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Flight-attendant-I-won-t-work-flights-that-13008372.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/...