It's been such an obvious self-own for tech workers not to capitalize on any of the multiple booms they've seen, and unionize.

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moduspol 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Unionizing may help some things, but it won't make it easier for the unemployed to get employed.

	▲	autoexec 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		It could help with networking and it could serve as a way to get rid of totally fake AI applicants since they aren't going to be union members.

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Der_Einzige 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unions drive wages down in the electronic vehicle sector by forcing pensions and dissuading RSUs. Most Tesla workers make far more than their unionized GM counterparts

Also unions are mostly there to allow the lazy low performers to coast. We already have a serious problem of this but making it hard to fire them will make everyone’s life worse.

	▲	autoexec 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Unions don't make it impossible to fire people. As long as management does their job and documents correctly there's zero issue firing workers who aren't doing their job.

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azemetre 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We need to forgo unions and straight up legislate forms of workplace democracy. People do not have meaningful control over a massive part of their lives and if democracy is good enough for state governments, it's good enough for private enterprise.

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apwell23 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

employers preempted that option long time ago. h1b visa workers cannot be in an union.

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vkou 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Less than 17% of tech workers are on H1Bs. They can't exactly scab for the other 83%.

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mixmastamyk 6 days ago | parent [-]

Wow, is it really ~15%? No wonder unemployment is so high.

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vkou 6 days ago | parent [-]

Tech unemployment was also low with similar #s of H1Bs.

Pretty sure that short term trends drive it more than long-term visa holder counts.

	▲	apwell23 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		curious how is a 'tech worker' being defined here ?

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triceratops 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> h1b visa workers cannot be in an union

There's a law that says this?

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monkeyelite 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m with you on the first part. They should have capitalized.

If there was a union there would be no boom to capitalize on.