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Unions are great when they are fighting for worker's rights by demanding things like businesses sharing their profits with the workers who make it for them, mor
by jedberg 5mo ago
Unions are great when they are fighting for worker's rights by demanding things like businesses sharing their profits with the workers who make it for them, more vacation time, required investments in safety, and protecting workers from getting fired for having the wrong skin color.
But when they get into the business of slowing down technology adoption to protect workers, that's when they get into the territory of giving unions a bad name. Getting together to lobby the government to make systemic changes to help displaced workers would be great, but it seems in this case they are trying to get government to just ban technology that replaces them.
- jedimastert 5mo ago> But when they get into the business of slowing down technology adoption to protect workers, that's when they get into the territory of giving unions a bad name. I would consider the emputus more on companies to not roll out new technology in a way that harms workers.
- HDThoreaun 5mo agoWhy is it waymo's problem to help uber drivers?
- jmye 5mo ago> I would consider the emputus more on companies to not roll out new technology in a way that harms workers. *Impetus, but also, why? Why is it a company's role to figure out how to soft land a technological advance that might cost you your job?
- shimman 5mo agoWhy shouldn't workers also lobby the government to help their material needs? Are only corporations entitled to welfare now? There's also little benefit in discussing how "useful" this technology actually is if all the benefits are continually being captured by 1% of the population.
- hackeraccount 5mo agoI wouldn't say all the benefits. I mean if I get a cheaper ride from the airport I'm benefiting at least a little bit from this, right?