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Yeah and network effects add value, coordination adds value, individual contributors can only do so much, a well oiled group of engineers has outsized productio

• slumpt_ 6y ago
  > Why allow yourself to be divided and conquered? Most are convinced they are “special” or otherwise immune from anything that would warrant union representation. At least until they maybe sustain an injury that makes them less productive, or even simply grow old enough to face age discrimination. It’s always the privileged and somewhat myopic that discount the value of collective action. We act together to lift each other up. To extract the best conditions for our work and the most support from our employer because the ‘free market’ has given us coordinated wage suppression among tech giants and a mountain of sexual and racial discrimination in the workplace. Together we are stronger. America used to get this more in the early 1900s. Then the ruling class got better at controlling the narrative and crushing class consciousness. To the kids reading this who think they don’t need a union - nearly every positive workplace condition you have is a result of collective action in the past.