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Re:Employee activism in tech stops short of organizing unions by moorhosj on Monday July 08, 2019 @12:43PM (#20384223)
Unions could help in each of these case, so you haven't answered the question or provided any evidence.
Re:Employee activism in tech stops short of organizing unions by mawburn on Monday July 08, 2019 @12:47PM (#20384282)
Please don't move the goalpost. My comment was responding to your comment about average tenure, not unions specifically. You didn't raise any questions on how unions played into average tenure or provide any example of how they could help.
Re:Employee activism in tech stops short of organizing unions by moorhosj on Monday July 08, 2019 @01:25PM (#20384716)
No goalposts were moved. I questioned the premise of OP's comment on whether unions can exist in a world where employees choose to switch jobs every 2-3 years.

You responded with an authoritative answer backed up with zero evidence or supporting data. That it was about unions is an embedded assumption based on that fact that the entire discussion is about unions.

Re:Employee activism in tech stops short of organizing unions by paxys on Monday July 08, 2019 @02:08PM (#20385196)
There is no help needed. People are perfectly happy switching employers, and companies are perfectly happy paying to get or retain talent. This ecosystem has made Silicon Valley what it is today.
Re:Employee activism in tech stops short of organizing unions by moorhosj on Monday July 08, 2019 @03:28PM (#20385927)
==This ecosystem has made Silicon Valley what it is today.==

I assume this is referring to the technological innovation and corporate profits of Silicon Valley. I would ask you to consider, from a broader perspective, what Silicon Valley is today. Specifically, in relation to elevated levels of depression [1], suicide [2] and inequality [3].

Isn't it worth exploring whether the same working conditions that benefit the top 10-20% are having a negative effect on the other 80-90%?

[1] https://money.cnn.com/mostly-human/silicon-valleys-secret/

[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-sil...

[3] https://fortune.com/2018/10/16/silicon-valleys-income-inequa...