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They do have a say. Their labour is being purchased from them, not appropriated. They can say no (individually or together) and ultimately they can walk away.
by taneq 4y ago
They do have a say. Their labour is being purchased from them, not appropriated. They can say no (individually or together) and ultimately they can walk away.
As you say, collective bargaining is usually going to be more effective than individual.
- MikePlacid 4y ago> As you say, collective bargaining is usually going to be more effective than individual. It may be more effective in terms of salary and working conditions (though I doubt that in software engineering I would have been able to get better pay through collective). But in terms of ethics? Individually, it’s almost impossible to make me support surveillance and censorship. But a big collective is much more vulnerable to manipulation. Comes 9/11 and you’ll get “collective” support for Patriot act, comes 6/1 and you’ll get “collective” support for censorship.