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"Unionization for programmers is about MORE money, LESS work, and LESS accountability." Correct, and it is certainly your right to wish for less money and more
by Frondo 7y ago
"Unionization for programmers is about MORE money, LESS work, and LESS accountability."
Correct, and it is certainly your right to wish for less money and more work, even if that is an unorthodox position to take. Perhaps unfair to advocate on behalf of your coworkers for, in your own words, less money and more work, however.
- shaftway 7y ago> Perhaps unfair to advocate on behalf of your coworkers... I'm under the impression that once a union takes hold of a company, you're required to join the union to work there. That was certainly the case when my spouse was a teacher. So, then, isn't fighting for a union shop also unfairly advocating on behalf of your coworkers?
- Frondo 7y agoThat has not been true since 1947, when Taft-Hartley banned closed shops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_shop#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_shop#United_States As for advocating for organizing at your workplace being unfair to your coworkers: they are not required to join, but as union shops consistently pay better, are safer, and provide better protections against arbitrary firing, I would still be comfortable advocating for those conditions for my coworkers.