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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by enraged_camel on Thursday February 21, 2019 @05:36PM (#19221212)
>>Wow, you mean collective employee action can be used to force an employer to stop exploitative behaviors? Who knew? :-)

This is why we need unions, period.

edit: It’s always amusing to see HN readers start pant-shitting whenever someone posts a comment in support of unions. :)

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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by everdev on Thursday February 21, 2019 @05:42PM (#19221256)
But didn't they make this happen without a union?
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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by enraged_camel on Thursday February 21, 2019 @05:56PM (#19221407)
Yes, but only because software engineers generally have more leverage than employees in other fields.

(I meant "we" as in "our society".)

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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by int_19h on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:44PM (#19222942)
So, do software engineers need unions?
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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by enraged_camel on Thursday February 21, 2019 @11:00PM (#19223013)
In certain sub-fields, such as game development, they would absolutely benefit from being part of a union, yes.
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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by ionised on Friday February 22, 2019 @05:50AM (#19224403)
Yes.
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