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Employers tend to be a lot more hostile to unions in the US. This manifests with deliberately spread FUD about unions (e.g. the ridiculous Walmart video), cover
by crdoconnor 7y ago
Employers tend to be a lot more hostile to unions in the US. This manifests with deliberately spread FUD about unions (e.g. the ridiculous Walmart video), covert attempts to sabotage, depiction of schoolteachers as terrorists (by the Kentucky governor) and, in one rather extreme case, aerial bombardment of striking workers.
- goatinaboat 7y agoIt’s definitely an issue of perception. Call it a guild instead and gamedevs will flock to join.
- claudeganon 7y agoBeyond that, you can’t really compare US unions to European ones because of the virulent anti-communism of US politics. In Europe, following the war, left wing coalitions of socialists, communists, and left liberals secured major parliamentary victories for workers. In the US, by contrast, sector-wide bargaining was banned, strikes were limited, and anyone with vaguely Marxist sympathies was purged from politics, the labor movement, and many industries through state intimidation and violence. Any comparison of unions across countries, and the shortcomings of American ones, has to be understood through this historical lens.
- sdenton4 7y agoYeah, it's a great feedback loop: pass piles of laws making unions ineffective, then watch as workers complain about how their unions are ineffective. Add propaganda videos (a la walmart) to the mix, and stir.
- turk73 7y agoIf I had a time machine the first thing I would do is go back and smother baby Karl Marx.
- praptak 7y agoSee also Coca Cola union killings in Colombia.
- unapologetic 7y agoWhy is this grayed out? Wrongthink?
- crdoconnor 7y agoLots of people who employ developers and wannabe entrepreneurs on hacker news.