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by ughitsaaron 6y ago
That's not how collective bargaining works. A contract has to be negotiated between the union members and management. As a member, you would have a say in the contract that the union negotiates. For example, I was a member of the organ
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There is something missing from tech worker organizing(organizing.work)
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by ughitsaaron 6y ago
Not totally related to the video, but a fun fact about Seymour Papert is that he was an anti-apartheid activist and a socialist organizer during his time in London in the 1950s, which I think gives some background context to his thinking ab
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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician (1967)(archive.org)
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by ughitsaaron 6y ago
> capitalism was created so that passions wouldn’t result in autocratic regimes “Capitalism was created” by whom? What about exceptions, such as Chile under Allende?
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by ughitsaaron 6y ago
I've been going through some literature on the management of programmers and software engineers. This text stands out by far, both for its unique attention to programmers, and in the framework guiding the author's study. It fascin
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Programmers and Managers (1977)(archive.org)
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Software as Labor Process (2002) [pdf](sas.upenn.edu)
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by ughitsaaron 6y ago
The subject of unionization among software engineers and other workers across the tech industry has been growing in popularity over the last few years (and months, in particular). As others have mentioned, workers at Kickstarter – including
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Kickstarter union reaches agreement with management for laid-off workers(theverge.com)
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
> Why not join together and bargain as a team? "Bargain as a team" is called "collective bargaining" is called a "union". Just avoid the indirection and call the thing by its name.
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
Just off the top of my head: transparency in promotions and evaluations, greater pay equity, and just cause protections against arbitrary discipline and termination
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
Thankfully, New York is not a right-to-work state.
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
This is a perfect description of a race to the bottom.
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
Congratulations to everyone at Kickstarter! All workers deserve a voice in their workplace and that's exactly what the solidarity of a union provides.
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The Pentagon Says It Will Not Bomb Iranian Art Sites(news.artnet.com)
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
This might not be exactly what you’re looking for — it’s meant more for interactive editorial features than simple forms — but Idyll looks really cool and is worth a look. https://idyll-lang.org/
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
This profile by Tom Wolfe of Robert Noyce, the co-founder id Intel and so-called “Mayor of Silicon Valley”, also offers up some interesting history for those interested. https://classic.esquire.com/article/1983/12&
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
Thank you so much for all the work you put into creating and maintaining Leaflet. It’s pretty remarkable how much time and energy you (and others, of course) put into making something so complex so intuitive.
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
Yes, Lockhart! This is why you shouldn’t post with jet lag. He uses a similar approach in “Arithmatic”. He begins the book by describing different base number systems used throughout human history (the way different civilizations did “count
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by ughitsaaron 7y ago
This may be a bit too elementary, but I recently read “Arithmatic” by Paul Lockwood and found it easy, provocative, and fascinating. https://www.amazon.com/Arithmetic-Paul-Lockhart/dp/067497223...