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> That said, they also are one of the bigger drivers of worker pay increasing over time. Not in the tech industry. Salaries in software have outpaced any union
by pathseeker 7y ago
> That said, they also are one of the bigger drivers of worker pay increasing over time.
Not in the tech industry. Salaries in software have outpaced any union environment just through competition for labor and a booming economy rewarding technology.
- azinman2 7y agoIt’s a relatively nascent industry, and this wealth is not equally distributed. We don’t know what it’ll look like in ten, twenty years. You cannot assume the world will continue to be as is.
- daotoad 7y agoRiver boat pilots once could say the same thing. As could steam engine operators, the original "engineers". Conditions change.
- refurb 7y agoYeah, and look what happened to the auto unions. They made a deal to protect the income of the senior members and hung the junior members/new hires out to dry.
- sigstoat 7y ago> River boat pilots once could say the same thing. > As could steam engine operators, the original "engineers". and to the extent that unions protected those jobs any longer than they were necessary, society as a whole was harmed.