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Do you know much about the history of unions in the US and the monsters many of them became?
by cpursley 3y ago
Do you know much about the history of unions in the US and the monsters many of them became?
- darby_eight 3y agoUnions have the same issues most organizations have, the same opportunity for dysfunction that all forms of hierarchy imply. Meanwhile the lack of collective leverage poses a real problem for my individual compensation—I'm not about to try to outstrip my coworkers in efforts to get compensated, life is too short for that ratfuckery.
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- michaelt 3y ago> Meanwhile the lack of collective leverage poses a real problem for my individual compensation Aren't Silicon Valley programmers in the top 1% for total household income? People on HN give me the impression that graduates with no experience get paid six figures and it's considered poverty level.
- darby_eight 3y ago> People on HN give me the impression that graduates with no experience get paid six figures and it's considered poverty level. If you think anything in this thread is implying salaried tech workers are trying to pass themselves off as poor I probably can't communicate with you on any level. I apologize for whatever rhetoric I used.
- dotancohen 3y agoThat sounds like this dismissing spaceflight based on the recent failures of Boeing. Some implementations can fail, that does not invalidate the entire idea.
- cpursley 3y agoI'm not dismissing anything, I'm pointing out the history of unions in the US and the reasons for the backlash behind them. And I'm not anti-union, any group has the right to organize for any purpose in free societies. Even libertarians like Ron Paul are pro-union.