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My unioned wife lives a life I can only dream of. The respect, the dignity of her job makes me feel like I made the wrong choice by getting into tech. Unioniza
by nine_zeros 2y ago
My unioned wife lives a life I can only dream of. The respect, the dignity of her job makes me feel like I made the wrong choice by getting into tech.
Unionization is the answer. For a long time, tech workers were gaslighted into thinking that unions will not let them get paid high salaries.
Guess what, without unions, tech workers don't even have job stability. Forget high salaries.
Vote for unions.
- nielsbot 2y agoTo see pro-union comments like this on Hacker News gives me hope.
- svillar 2y agoSame boat as you and agree 100%.
- compiler-guy 2y agoTech workers may not have job stability (but compare to say, farm workers), but it’s a pretty tough argument to say that they don’t have high salaries. Even for the highly educated like civil engineers and librarians, tech workers out earn most of them. Unionizing tech workers may or may not be a good idea, but finances would be comparatively down the list.
- rcbdev 2y agoI have never understood how an entire nation was so successfully brainwashed into being anti-union. In Austria, every year the unions negotiate salary increases for almost all job groups (IT, metal work, etc.) and this is very important to keep our wages at least up with inflation. No-one would ever think this is a bad idea here.