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Why do I feel a tech union would just cause companies to outsource everything overseas to places where there is no union? I love the idea of unions but I don't
by Mistletoe 4y ago
Why do I feel a tech union would just cause companies to outsource everything overseas to places where there is no union? I love the idea of unions but I don't know how to get around asshole companies.
https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2011/04/25/moving-factories-to-flee-unions https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2011/04/25/mo...
- Apocryphon 4y agoThose places might also start forming unions, even if those unions might not be in their members' interests. https://www.protocol.com/china/china-tech-companies-unions https://www.protocol.com/china/china-tech-companies-unions
- survirtual 4y agoIf companies started outsourcing and we had a union of tech workers, we could just collectively replace those companies. They’d either play ball with us or we’d do a nuclear option & GNU an equivalent tech stack that obsoletes them.