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This has low key been a big year for labor in tech. First we have Amazon backing out of NYC partly due to political pressure from the unions and wins like this
by 40acres 8y ago
This has low key been a big year for labor in tech. First we have Amazon backing out of NYC partly due to political pressure from the unions and wins like this vs. Google. Full blown unionization may never happen but the forces of labor are definitely starting to affect tech giants.
- Eridrus 8y agoI don't think the unions actually had much to do with Amazon pulling out. Some unions were actually for it either because they were involved in the construction plans or thought it would give them leverage if Amazon was more firmly rooted there.
- hoffs 8y agoThe amazon thing was affected by unions the least, the lacking support from authorities and uncertainty about subsidies/grants was major reason.
- vanderZwan 8y ago> This has low key been a big year for labor in tech. Honestly, I am having my suspicions whether or not that "low key" aspect isn't artificially maintained by the media somewhow. I had heard about the scandals and such last year, but somehow I missed: > Following the massive, 20,000-person walkout at Google in November, Google got rid of forced arbitration for sexual harassment and sexual assault claims, offering more transparency around those investigations and more. And I would say that 20,000 people walking out on Google should have been hard to miss.
- gipp 8y agoIndeed, it was hard to miss. There was tons of coverage.