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I don't know USA very well, so that is just a feeling. - a lot of what the union do/did have to be understand in the context of important fight between the uni

I don't know USA very well, so that is just a feeling. - a lot of what the union do/did have to be understand in the context of important fight between the unionized worker and the companies that want to undercut union influence (and often undercut workers right) - a lot of thing union do / used to do, make sense in the past, but are less relevant now. - Human is quite good to do stupid things, to create some bureaucracy / rules... That applied to companies (Bullshit Job being one manifestation of it), but also to union - We tend to notice more the bad things than the good things... - Humans tends to love power and hate change... that includes human running unions

jrumbut 6y ago
Who said you didn't know us very well? I think you summed it up well. I would also mention goals. If your goal is absolute efficiency in running a convention then you end up with poorly treated and underpaid workers. If your goal is making sure the convention doesn't poorly treat or underpay workers, you end up having to find someone to plug in your equipment (also I suspect there are legitimate safety and security concerns for a prototype electronics conference). You can't blame convention workers for preferring the latter situation.