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I think that's just standard across the US. But the unions are a people problem not a company problem necessarily. People can still form unions even with massiv
by bilekas 2mo ago
I think that's just standard across the US. But the unions are a people problem not a company problem necessarily. People can still form unions even with massive investments to squash them.. Europe has proven that. But the story told to all US workers SEEMS to be, you have to suffer and grind to make money.
I might be wrong but that's the impression I get when talking with US people about unions and workers rights.
- adastra22 2mo agoIf Silicon Valley had unions, employee stock options would end. And along with it, most of the incentive structure that drives innovation in the valley.
- dmix 2mo agoNot to mention the all remote workers available to fill in, both within the US and outside it.
- lilbigdoot 2mo agoBullshit lol
- adfgionatin 2mo ago[dead]
- paxys 2mo agoWhy?
- triceratops 2mo agoHollywood has unions and top stars and directors get points.
- WarmWash 2mo agoUnions primarily benefit the weakest workers, and in places like SV, usually the top workers already are getting fat plates and others are pushing hard to get there. Think of it like a football club holding a vote to flatten player pay. The benchwarmers will be falling over themselves to unionize, and the top players will be looking where to move too. This is why union efforts fail, which many find perplexing. The most valuable players get better deals negotiating without a union.
- smackmybishop 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Players_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Players_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Players_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Players_As... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild Aren't all of these industries where the top workers get fat plates and others are pushing hard to get there?
- WarmWash 2mo agoI'll take the L, it was a poor example. Generally when workplaces unionize, jobs are clearly delineated, and everyone in that role has a defined pay.
- ralph84 2mo agoThere is no reason pay has to be flat with a union. The highest paid members of MLBPA or SAG-AFTRA are paid 1,000x what the lowest paid members are.
- poslathian 2mo agoInteresting point. I think there might be something special about sag given the way Hollywood does business. Everyone switches employers constantly as projects spin up and wind down. Having a mostly permanent role in an organization is super unusual - and I wonder if these roles (like a 20 year soaps gig or the simpson’s) have different stats on working on/off the card.
- throw0101d 2mo ago> Interesting point. I think there might be something special about sag given the way Hollywood does business. Everyone switches employers constantly as projects spin up and wind down. Having a mostly permanent role in an organization is super unusual […] And yet all the major US sports have player associations/unions with minimum salaries. The players are hardly constantly switching, and when they do switch it's often not their own choice but rather their employer/team trading them.