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Of course there's no monopoly. But tech companies are pretty happy to collude, both at an executive level (we've had court cases about this) and at the memetic
by eropple 7y ago
Of course there's no monopoly. But tech companies are pretty happy to collude, both at an executive level (we've had court cases about this) and at the memetic "this is what we think about management" one, in order to work against workers' interests. We, too, are allowed to work together to combat this.
Wage suppression, limiting our ability to grow and expand into different areas, and controlling the ability to exert control over what the work we do is used for--these are reasons to unionize.
- scarface74 7y agoThere are only 20-35 “companies” that a professional athlete can work at. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of places employing “tech workers”. If companies are colluding, that’s the issue where the government needs to intervene.
- Apocryphon 7y agoThe tech collusion case involved most of the industry leaders, and thus presumably the highest payers.
- scarface74 7y agoAnd instead of correcting the actual issue - fining the companies for collusion and enforcing consent decrees - unions are the answer?
- Apocryphon 7y agoThere can be multiple tools used to solve a single problem. Both a root cause can be addressed, and additional fixes added for the sake of future-proofing.
- scarface74 7y agoBecause unions have never been corrupt in the history of America.....
- Apocryphon 7y agoNon sequitur. The corruptibility of unions does not prevent them from being viable tools, it simply means they are a tool that must be handled carefully.