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> Who you work for and where you work is itself a political act This is correct, however, it does not follow that developers have the right to join an organiza
by throwaway520215 7y ago
> Who you work for and where you work is itself a political act
This is correct, however, it does not follow that developers have the right to join an organization and force their political demands on management and ownership. Don't like working for a company that collaborates with your government? You're in luck! You're free to leave your job at any time and won't be penalized for it.
- SauciestGNU 7y ago>it does not follow that developers have the right to join an organization and force their political demands on management and ownership It actually does follow that they have a right to do that, as doing that is explicitly protected by US labor law as a concerted organizing activity.
- throwaway520215 7y agoWrong https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2016/07/politics-in-the-workplace-what-must-employers-allo https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2016/07/polit... Anyone at GitHub participating in this can be fired at any time.
- SauciestGNU 7y agoYour own link proves you wrong. Starting with the following quote and proceeding from there, explaining exactly how what githubbers are doing would be protected: >As interpreted by the NLRB, employee communications are "concerted" not only when he or she acts with or on the authority of other employees but also when the employee seeks to initiate, induce or prepare for group action or brings truly group complaints to management.