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I also like unions except for their entirely foreseeable consequences.

• renewiltord 3y ago
  The thing about unions is that everyone always says "they don't have to be that way; look at the Screen Actors' Guild" and then instead of that, you get something that flattens all pay and protects the incompetent. It looks a bit like it doesn't have to be that way, it just is.
  • whimsicalism 3y ago
    fwiw I don’t think the HGSU has really flattened pay (yet) and their most important contribution was getting independent arbitration for students that were being harassed by professors (rather than a committee of other professors), which seems valuable.
    • hiddencost 3y ago
      This is straight up ahistoric.
      • whimsicalism 3y ago
        Maybe I am misinformed (I have been uninvolved since 2020), but substantive criticism is appreciated :)