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Unions are so unpopular even with people that in theory support unions. Look at the normal, non in power, peoples response to unions at any mid/large tech compa
by Taylor_OD 6y ago
Unions are so unpopular even with people that in theory support unions. Look at the normal, non in power, peoples response to unions at any mid/large tech company.
- pbourke 6y agoAnd yet there are many software and tech people who are part of unions such as in the public sector or specialist unions like SPEEA for aerospace.
- Taylor_OD 6y agoDisclaimer: I've a pro union Vermont raised Bernie loving person. But its impossible to see any recent unionization effort and not see the majority of people who are skeptical at best and sucking in and repeating the company propaganda at worst.
- jokethrowaway 6y agoDepending on where you're from, there have been cases of corruption or incompetence. Unions are not magically good.
- goostavos 6y agoSpending some of my early career in Las Vegas and Philadelphia really destroyed by youthful view of unions as a unquestionable force for good. One thing which can said with absolute certainty: they're not a structure which breeds efficiency.
- Taylor_OD 6y ago100%. Not all unions are created equally. Most people who have had union employees have stories about employees who knew they were not going to lose their job, easily, so they didn't do a lot. But if unions were more common place would there be more efficiency or more in the average union? Would it be better for many people to have some job security instead of a company having efficiency?