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Because we’re smart enough to see the difference between a craftsman’s guild and a traditional workers union. For starters guilds tend to have progression by m
by techdragon 4y ago
Because we’re smart enough to see the difference between a craftsman’s guild and a traditional workers union.
For starters guilds tend to have progression by merit, requiring an apprentice prove they are competent enough to be considered a journeyman.
And you know … not wanting to be exploited… healthcare sounds nice… ( on this point, I’d like to point out that as an Australian software engineer, I long ago resolved to never start a company in America because of how insane healthcare in America is. I can understand the guns, the polarised politics and all the rest of the things that make America what it is… but healthcare is just so fucking insane that i haven’t even seriously considered taking a holiday there to see the museums that have been on my bucket list for half my life… the idea of starting a business there is just an immediate non starter… I’ll take US cash and setup a holding corp if they demand US incorporation and employ people elsewhere… so having a guild where healthcare was provided would make American developers more competitive in the job market)
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoI would join a guild for at minimum protection for our fellow h1b visa holders. They’re constantly and regularly abused.
- ummonk 4y agoWe should just eliminate H1bs and expand the green card program together with eliminating per country quotas. Relying on a union to protect workers with precarious visas is really just trying to address the symptom rather than the cause.
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoSure, I would join a union with the political clout to do the lobbying needed.
- throwaway2037 4y agoAre they any Real World examples of "guild" vs "union"? About the US healthcare expenses: When you travel on holiday, you can buy pretty reasonable travel insurance. For example (no shilling): You can get one week of healthcare coverage from World Nomads for 130 AUD. Not so bad.
- markus92 4y ago130 AUD for a week is considered reasonable?? For travel insurance even?
- techdragon 4y agoUnfortunately the only “real world” examples I can personally think of for craft guilds are from more than a century ago, making them quite poor examples of the practice in a modern context. However if your not opposed to a little bit of history, I’d recommend checking out the history of craft guilds which goes back well over a millennium and it represents one of the earliest forms of “qualification” outside of religious or spiritual contexts (since determining if you have a suitable priest of Zeus, etc… has basically been a thing since forever)