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Even the high end unions have pretty big problems. Things like the actors guild are simple rent seeking at the expense of newcomings. They are setup in a way
by stale2002 6y ago
Even the high end unions have pretty big problems.
Things like the actors guild are simple rent seeking at the expense of newcomings. They are setup in a way where only insiders are allowed to get jobs at certain places, and there are large barriers to entry to becoming an insider.
If we were to apply this to tech, it would be contract provisions that keep out engineers that dont have degree, or discrimination against H1B immigrants.
And I don't want the tech industry to have contractual provisions that discriminate against these groups, and would be willing to spend a huge amount of effort fighting people who want to do that. (And based on comments that I have read on hacker news, there really are a lot of people who want to screw over self-taught developers, or immigrants)
- disposekinetics 6y agoWhy would I ever join a union that didn't protect me from rampant undercutting via importing more workers? That is the whole reason I would join a union.
- stale2002 6y ago> Why would I ever join a union that didn't protect me from rampant undercutting via importing more workers? I understand that you want to retaliate against immigrants and people from other countries. But if that is your opinion then don't expect anyone who has an H1B visa to ever agree with you. You should probably expect people who don't hate immigrants to fight against your efforts though, and to take actions to sabotage the union. Don't expect to ever get those other people on your side, if your argument is that you just don't want foreign workers to be able to get jobs here.
- disposekinetics 6y agoA union that doesn't protect their members is pretty hopeless.