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>It's nice to see a civil protest. Both sides seemed interested in compromise and moving the company forward. It's almost as if collective bargaining actually
by razakel 7y ago
>It's nice to see a civil protest. Both sides seemed interested in compromise and moving the company forward.
It's almost as if collective bargaining actually works. Why is tech one of the few sectors with no real unions?
- setr 7y agoI’m struggling to think of other white collar jobs that have unionized; at least in the US. Examples?
- razakel 7y agoTeachers, medical professionals and pilots are a few that immediately springs to mind. IIRC teachers comprise the largest union in the US.
- Kalium 7y agoI know more than one person in tech who is deeply skeptical of the idea of unionization. I'll go with my concerns. Among other things, unions are sometimes known to do things like prize seniority and standardize entry requirements across an entire sector. Which is to say entrench credentialism and ageism. I don't want to see all my self-taught colleagues thrown out, or the ladder pulled up behind them. And in a sector that already has ageism problems, I don't see how writing it down will make it better. Sometimes I hear "It doesn't have to be that way!" from unionization supporters. I have no doubt that they are correct - no union has to turn out that way. This possibility gives me little assurance. Further, most of the time pitches come in the form of "Don't you care about privacy? Join the union and together we can!". Which often comes across as someone looking for tech money to fund their advocacy rather than genuinely trying to improve the working condititons of people in tech.