Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in the workplace

Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by veryworried on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:19AM (#19645546)

Unions for tech workers are ridiculous. We’re not coal miners, we are highly skilled white collar professionals that should be more than capable of finding work that suits us without extra regulatory bullshit.

I find the people who are clamoring for unions in tech are among the least talented and skilled of employees, and they should probably find a new industry entirely instead of trying to change the one they’re in to be more hospitable to the lowest common denominators. Perhaps we can help the process along by putting these people on hiring blacklists and ensuring they never work in this town again.

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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by linuxftw on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:47AM (#19645845)

> I find the people who are clamoring for unions in tech are among the least talented and skilled of employees, and they should probably find a new industry entirely instead of trying to change the one they’re in to be more hospitable to the lowest common denominators.

That's one perspective, sure. Here's another perspective: There's nothing stopping a company from firing it's junior and 'least talented and skilled' employees in favor of contractors or outsourcing.

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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by veryworried on Friday April 12, 2019 @03:48PM (#19648357)

The company has a right to hire contractors or outsource work.

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Re:Tech workers are organizing and demanding democracy in th... by cworth on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:54AM (#19645918)

Union organizers are fighting power to improve the material conditions of all tech workers. It sounds like you need some class analysis.

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