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I'm not sure how what you believe has much bearing on this situation. And I see no theoretical reason why union rules would necessarily do what you say--that i
by Frondo 12y ago
I'm not sure how what you believe has much bearing on this situation.
And I see no theoretical reason why union rules would necessarily do what you say--that is, why they would necessarily remove your ability to get better pay based on that thing you said is not generalizable or quantifiable anyway.
After all, we have one good real-world example that does what you're going for, the Screen Actors Guild. I assure you that A-list actors command a great deal more pay than your run-of-the-mill SAG member.
Why wouldn't something like that apply to the tech industry, as well?
- smil 12y agoUnions negotiate higher/equal wages by arguing that all workers in the union are fungible, i.e. equally competent, and use quantifiable metrics and standards to argue for pay levels. That's why top talents' earnings are lowered by unions. Your example is not comparable with professional jobs like software development as actors are not paid by the hour. An actors' guild would be more comparable to an executives' guild, while a programmers' guild would be comaprable to a doctors' guild.