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> The "valuable" employees (engineers) for these companies don't even want to unionize. I know many engineers that want to unionize. It's not that hard to conv
by thr0wawayf00 4y ago
> The "valuable" employees (engineers) for these companies don't even want to unionize.
I know many engineers that want to unionize. It's not that hard to convince people once they stop drinking all of the anti-union kool aid that has proliferated in the US over the last several decades.
Look at pro athletes that are contracted under a CBA. They get to negotiate profit-sharing, minimum salaries, guaranteed raises, etc. Roughly half of the revenue generated by the NBA is allocated to player wages.
Apple generates somewhere around $1.9M per employee[0], with a median salary just shy of $160k. One of the most common criticisms of unionization is that it would cap salaries and people would earn less. If Apple employees were compensated like basketball players, the average salary would be somewhere around $1M.
0: https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2020/08/12/ranking-revenue-per-employee-fortune-500-tech-companies https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2020/08/12/ranking-...
1: https://www.comparably.com/companies/apple/salaries https://www.comparably.com/companies/apple/salaries