| ▲ | Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition(utaw.tech) |
| 37 points by chobeat 2 hours ago | 17 comments |
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| ▲ | Frieren an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| There is no reason for any employee to not search for unionization. It is your right and it is in your best interest. Good for them. |
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| ▲ | throe9338e8 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Do you think trolls should have a right to unionize? We are working really hard, but conditions are not best. For start we demand salary from local goverment (I am in EU)! Nobody should be forced to work for free! | |
| ▲ | sevenzero 33 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | I work in a 2 man company, for sure a Union will have many advantages for me x) | | |
| ▲ | Parae 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes, a union is a way to gather forces, not only in your company, but also in broader spaces. It's easier for a union (even of two) to ask to meet your local elected officials, to seek legal support, advices from other union. | |
| ▲ | apelapan 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Are you just an employee or also an owner in that company? If you are an employee only, having a union to back you up could be extremely useful if things ever go bad. | | |
| ▲ | sevenzero 14 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Only employee. Joining an union is too expensive for me though given the reward seems pretty small. My industry does not even have a proper union (in Germany) so I'd have to join a generic one (verdi) which doesn't offer enough perks for me personally. | | |
| ▲ | LtWorf 8 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Ah yes we all know unions take at least 99% of your salary… | | |
| ▲ | sevenzero 5 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Did I ever claim that?
Its 1% of my montly gross salary which is about 40€/month which is just too much given I have 2.500€/month to survive with. |
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| ▲ | iso1631 23 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | Aside from legal support, advice, and contributing to industry influence? | | |
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| ▲ | philipallstar 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > The workers are longtime contributors and organisers, and are deeply committed to the Wikimedia movement. It always starts this way, and ends with over half the people not bothered but still under union protection, and cannot be removed. |
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| ▲ | ggm an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Seems entirely reasonable and I would hope will be accepted as such by the management. |
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| ▲ | klez an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Discussion from yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48663861 |
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| ▲ | metalman 39 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] |
| send them to the mines now if they want a union, before they get used to getting paid to do a computers job, and loose it to one. |
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