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Yea, that makes sense. For the same reason, I don’t think movie actors could ever unionize. They’re skills and talents are obviously very unique to them (I’d a
by ncallaway 7y ago
Yea, that makes sense.
For the same reason, I don’t think movie actors could ever unionize. They’re skills and talents are obviously very unique to them (I’d argue far more so than developers). Certainly the pay scales between actors of different talents seems to agree with that.
Or, professional football players. Each is pretty unique in their talents. Again, their pay scales differ vastly based on those talents. They could never successfully unionize.
Except both of those fields have strong unions, and collective bargaining, while still allowing individuals with different talents to get paid individually.
- Frondo 7y agoI did a double-take when I read the first sentence, then realized you were joking! For clarification (for other sloppy readers like me), actors are organized in the Screen Actors' Guild, and NFL players are represented by the NFL Players Association.
- johngoaway 7y agounions take care of themselves and people with jobs they get salaries up by restricting/reducing the number of people in the workforce so, my question to you is: in a field that already struggles to attract minorities, which will be the lucky ones to miss out on a job so that you can be paid more? i mean i get the appeal. once you get yours and you're in, why burn down the staircase you used to get there. being on top is nice. staying on top is nicer! it'll be way more fun when a small elite minority get to choose from thousands of jobs and 10X their income. the rest should just wait patiently for their chance to "go pro", join the A league and finally make a living doing what they love!