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I'm not sure why this is being down voted... because it disagrees with your view? I don't agree with the statement but it does represent a possible solution -

I'm not sure why this is being down voted... because it disagrees with your view? I don't agree with the statement but it does represent a possible solution - all companies involved in this should have their employees go on strike! People think this idea is ridiculous because they've been told it is over and over and over again. Are unions really evil or are they ever more necessary to balance out the insane profits companies are making? Just some questions worth thinking about before you arbitrarily down-vote someone...

emcfarlane 13y ago
Thanks, just to clarify I'm against unions as they come with a large political power which I think is undeserved. My statement merely aims to say that I don't think there is anything currently wrong. These companies make billions. They could easily afford to pay larger salaries. Why should they if people will work for less? Why isn't everyone's salary like Eric Schmidt?
- mbetter 13y ago
  > I'm against unions as they come with a large political power which I think is undeserved. This is the same reason I'm against the wealthy.
- fixermark 13y ago
  To expand a bit on the thought of unions in the Software industry... Step 0 would be to convince software engineers that other software engineers who don't perform up to the same level as them should be protected for the good of the working-class engineer, instead of kicked to the curb to make room for a more productive engineer. A bit of a hard sell, as engineers tend to see themselves as co-owners of the solutions they create and hate to see their work fail to launch because they're saddled with bad coworkers.
bluecalm 13y ago
It's being downvoted because it represents intellectually dishonest argument (missing the obvious problem with monopolies/cartels) while using "free-market" (the term with positive connotations for most people) to justify it. It doesn't help that this argument is main talking point of neo-liberal propaganda which make a lot of people's blood boil so it's difficult to resist emotional downvote.

emcfarlane 13y ago

Thanks, just to clarify I'm against unions as they come with a large political power which I think is undeserved. My statement merely aims to say that I don't think there is anything currently wrong. These companies make billions. They could easily afford to pay larger salaries. Why should they if people will work for less? Why isn't everyone's salary like Eric Schmidt?

mbetter 13y ago
> I'm against unions as they come with a large political power which I think is undeserved. This is the same reason I'm against the wealthy.
fixermark 13y ago
To expand a bit on the thought of unions in the Software industry... Step 0 would be to convince software engineers that other software engineers who don't perform up to the same level as them should be protected for the good of the working-class engineer, instead of kicked to the curb to make room for a more productive engineer. A bit of a hard sell, as engineers tend to see themselves as co-owners of the solutions they create and hate to see their work fail to launch because they're saddled with bad coworkers.

bluecalm 13y ago

It's being downvoted because it represents intellectually dishonest argument (missing the obvious problem with monopolies/cartels) while using "free-market" (the term with positive connotations for most people) to justify it. It doesn't help that this argument is main talking point of neo-liberal propaganda which make a lot of people's blood boil so it's difficult to resist emotional downvote.