Re:Private messages at work can be read by EU employers
by rdancer on Thursday January 14, 2016 @11:16AM
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> established 'format' or 'platform' where such information is more widely shared or discussed
That's the very definition of union meetings that happen in preparation to collective bargaining. Commonplace where the workplace is unionized.
Re:Private messages at work can be read by EU employers
by 6stringmerc on Thursday January 14, 2016 @02:07PM
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Yeah I'm all for that labor arrangement but unfortunately it has not been even a remote possibility in my professional career in the US thus far. Maybe that will change in time. I hope so.
There's only so much that can be learned from publicly available statements. So, when somebody might want to point out "Hey look our company has been profitable and growing at 3% for the past XX quarters so why are you not even giving small-fry employees a COLA raise?" it could be a reasonable discussion. I don't see that happening, as you say, based on the "might makes right" platform of ranking.
It's a pretty bad situation for employees in my opinion, and yet I don't think there's any established 'format' or 'platform' where such information is more widely shared or discussed in US workplaces.