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Re:Toyota Unintended Acceleration and the Big Bowl of “Spagh... by goldenkey on Sunday November 29, 2015 @06:13PM (#10646557)
It seems wise to have a programmers union. Maybe pg should put some efforts towards that instead of seed funding. After all, if we have a union, we can set standards for wages and quality. Certifications. And more. It'd to the world of professional programming some good.
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Re:Toyota Unintended Acceleration and the Big Bowl of “Spagh... by wpietri on Sunday November 29, 2015 @06:19PM (#10646576)
To me unions solve an asymmetry where companies can fire a worker more easily than a worker can lose their job. So personally I'm not interested in a union of all programmers, as that would create a power asymmetry the other way.

I'd more thinking about a professional organization like the AMA, the assorted bar organizations, the society of professional journalists, or the various engineering societies. Basically I want an organization that can set forth reasonable professional ethics, do advocacy and education, and act as our collective voice to back up individual engineers who refuse to do something unethical.

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