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From their FAQ: > Additionally, we will reserve the individual right to refuse to work on any projects that conflict with a worker’s ethics and to do so withou
by throwawaysea 5y ago
From their FAQ:
> Additionally, we will reserve the individual right to refuse to work on any projects that conflict with a worker’s ethics and to do so without fear of reprisal; as well as the ability to deny service to any customer completely if put to a majority vote by the workers.
This union's landing page already reads like a desire to bring progressive politics into the workplace, a disturbing trend throughout the tech industry that is completely inappropriate and needs to stop. But this portion from their FAQ goes even beyond that, basically saying they want to control business decision making based on their personal ethics and politics, but without any consequence. Put another way, they basically want to take control of the company and create a new management structure that supplants the existing one. Maybe they should just go do the hard work of leaving and forming their own company, instead of engaging in a long march through the institution (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_march_through_the_institutions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_march_through_the_insti...).
- grasshopperpurp 5y ago>Put another way, they basically want to take control of the company and create a new management structure that supplants the existing one. Why do you think unions exist?
- zaarn 5y agoAtleast it would be a structure that works could elect instead of being forced into.
- lucian1900 5y agoThe whole point of unions is workplace democracy, struggling against the dictatorship of the owners. Of course workers want to decide what they work on and ultimately own the workplace collectively.