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I'm interested in seeing whether we begin to see more unionizing among tech workers and therefore more collective action. It'd be like the incidents detailed he
by hydrogenglow 8y ago
I'm interested in seeing whether we begin to see more unionizing among tech workers and therefore more collective action. It'd be like the incidents detailed here but to the Nth degree.
- jbob2000 8y agoBig companies have this thing called “segregation of duties” which protects the company from organized labour. You can organize all you want, but the job has been cut up in to so many pieces, it’s easy to replace whoever forms a union.
- ForHackernews 8y agoThat's why solidarity mattered, historically.
- jbob2000 8y agoCan't have solidarity if you coworkers all speak different languages than you.
- hydrogenglow 8y agoIt'd be hard for someone like a Google to function well if their software engineers all walked, regardless of how they are split up across departments. This kind of technical talent is extremely hard to find, making it to more difficult for the company to replace them if they do get fired for forming a union.