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Re:Google Staffers Share Stories of ‘Systemic’ Retaliation by i_am_proteus on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:58AM (#19779544)
Very accurate for unions at large employers; employees trade flexibility and meritocratic values for a bureaucracy where they theoretically get one seat at a large table.

Unions for trades/gigs, where the union is more guild-like, operate a bit differently.

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Re:Google Staffers Share Stories of ‘Systemic’ Retaliation by duxup on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:02PM (#19779575)
>Unions for trades/gigs, where the union is more guild-like, operate a bit differently.

It would be interesting to see something more of that in the US, and would allow for flexibility.

I do worry though that the situations that folks cite as a reason to unionize follow the path to the less flexible options.

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Re:Google Staffers Share Stories of ‘Systemic’ Retaliation by Spooky23 on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:34PM (#19779887)
The cost of a "gig" model is that it's only project based. In the US, we use foreign guest workers for those roles.
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