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This really isn't a union though. I mean even the union expert they interviewed for this article calls it "groundbreaking" in that it looks nothing like a union
by cactus2093 6y ago
This really isn't a union though. I mean even the union expert they interviewed for this article calls it "groundbreaking" in that it looks nothing like a union, since it has no economic goals or worker protections in mind and it's all about social issues.
So it's a charity that you donate 1% of your salary to, with the goal of impacting Google's policies. That's interesting in its own right, and it's not out of the question that this could end up being a good use of donations from an effective altruism perspective depending on what they can accomplish. But this is not unionization in tech.
- elihu 6y agoA union that focuses on social issues would still be a union. What makes this less like a traditional union I think is that it doesn't have the collective bargaining abilities that a normal union does (which would require the employees to vote to form a union).