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This is a pretty interesting question, and I think prods at other questions about the actual form that tech worker unions will take - especially in big companie
by ahelwer 6y ago
This is a pretty interesting question, and I think prods at other questions about the actual form that tech worker unions will take - especially in big companies like Google. Will they be actual organized units capable of orchestrating coordinated action to withhold labor for improvement of material conditions? Or will they just be a sort of caucus that issue statements about political issues at work and occasionally organize an afternoon walkout? If the latter, this isn't the sort of thing that will bother management very much. Certainly not at the existential level of "some of the stock dividend/buyback money will have to be redirected from shareholders to workers, my GOD"
- whimsicalism 6y agoI think employee walkouts will bother management quite a bit. And compensation/benefit issues are political ones.
- grumple 6y agoWe might not notice the tech workers walking out at google. It's not like they provide support. At AWS - we'd definitely notice, because their support is really good. > Will they be actual organized units capable of orchestrating coordinated action to withhold labor for improvement of material conditions? Developers have the money to withstand very long strikes if needed. I think there's a lot of power in that.