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Right, because tech workers at large SV companies have no choice but to work every waking hour doing grueling labor for meager pay with no benefits. /s Do thes

Right, because tech workers at large SV companies have no choice but to work every waking hour doing grueling labor for meager pay with no benefits. /s Do these people even understand how the rest of the country lives? Perhaps some of those well compensated but eager to organize tech workers should focus their organization efforts where it can actually help people. For example, setting up a union for the gig economy workers that deliver their food, drive them around, pack their amazon packages, or run their errands

elicash 7y ago
If Uber tech workers organized, they'd have a larger voice to support the drivers if that's what they decided to bargain over. And yes, it's common for unions to fight for expanding the union workforce at their company. These types of victories build on one another. If you truly care about the gig workers, the best thing you can do is organize YOUR OWN workplace.
CharlesColeman 7y ago
> Do these people even understand how the rest of the country lives? Perhaps some of those well compensated but eager to organize tech workers should focus their organization efforts where it can actually help people. Unions (or some type of effective worker organization) should be an all-workers thing, not a some-workers thing. > For example, setting up a union for the gig economy workers that deliver their food, drive them around, pack their amazon packages, or run their errands Tech workers can't "set up" a union for gig economy workers, that would be patronizing and ineffective. The gig economy workers need to do that for themselves if their union is to have any teeth. What tech workers can do is have a union that can give support to the gig worker union. Also the tech workers who bask in the gig economy are probably a different group than the tech workers who are trying to organize, and it's misleading to conflate them.

elicash 7y ago

If Uber tech workers organized, they'd have a larger voice to support the drivers if that's what they decided to bargain over. And yes, it's common for unions to fight for expanding the union workforce at their company. These types of victories build on one another. If you truly care about the gig workers, the best thing you can do is organize YOUR OWN workplace.

CharlesColeman 7y ago

> Do these people even understand how the rest of the country lives? Perhaps some of those well compensated but eager to organize tech workers should focus their organization efforts where it can actually help people. Unions (or some type of effective worker organization) should be an all-workers thing, not a some-workers thing. > For example, setting up a union for the gig economy workers that deliver their food, drive them around, pack their amazon packages, or run their errands Tech workers can't "set up" a union for gig economy workers, that would be patronizing and ineffective. The gig economy workers need to do that for themselves if their union is to have any teeth. What tech workers can do is have a union that can give support to the gig worker union. Also the tech workers who bask in the gig economy are probably a different group than the tech workers who are trying to organize, and it's misleading to conflate them.