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Re:Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing by naravara on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:08PM (#19435893)
>It's going to end badly, unlike factories where a walkout would but a strain on production. A walkout necessarily doesn't put a strain on tech.

Certain types of work-to-rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule) would bring most tech companies to their knees in a matter of minutes. It wouldn't just gum up the works as it would in industry, it could literally put systems into failure states.

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Re:Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing by cableshaft on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:21PM (#19436043)
The amount of crap I've had to do outside of my contract to keep the business running, I totally believe it. People in the right positions doing this and you're going to have swarms of angry clients and customers in minutes.
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