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> Are there other benefits besides layoff protection? Yes. I want: - union-paid lawyers to back me up if I refuse to follow illegal or unethical demands from
by PuppyTailWags 4y ago
> Are there other benefits besides layoff protection?
Yes. I want:
- union-paid lawyers to back me up if I refuse to follow illegal or unethical demands from management
- H1B Visa protections and networks to help laid off H1B visa workers to find work
- non-visa workers to legally back and support their visa peers to prevent abusing visa workers knowing they can't leave
- sane on-call standards I can point to when negotiating my employment
- extra pay if my manager wants to make me work evenings, weekends, or holidays
- union-paid contract lawyers to protect my open source and personal side projects from my employer's greed
- union-paid advisors on equity offerings, including tax effects
- sane layoff requirements and legal teeth to sue if layoff contracts aren't met
- sillysaurusx 4y agoHonestly all of these are pretty appealing, and reasonable. Excellent list. I didn’t expect to be swayed, yet that was a tilt in the direction of unionization. The H1B situation in particular is indentured servitude, and I’m not sure why it hasn’t become an issue yet. I remember one fellow in particular from my time at Scottrade; it seemed like he was there 14 hours a day. I only noticed because of my erratic sleep schedule. In hindsight it was pretty obviously an H1B situation. The advisors are a benefit I never knew I wanted. In hindsight it seems strange to have to navigate it by ourselves.