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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by mrep on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @10:26AM (#21814384)
Aren't those industry wide unions whose main purpose is to set wage floors because there are so many people desperately trying to get into the industry that without them, employee conditions would be terrible for those just starting out? I don't think that is a problem for programmers and it is way different than a company specific union.

If you want to start an industry wide programmer union, by all means, start one and then try and get people to join it. I'd love to hear what benefits you think I would get by joining an industry wide programmer union.

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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by claudeganon on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:07AM (#21814883)
They specifically made that illegal with Taft-Hartley because of the political power available to workers by allowing it. Most labor parties in Europe actually arose out of these unions, for example.

The WGA was grandfathered in with the law, but you’re not allowed in the US to create sector wide programmers union. It is cool to imagine what you could accomplish with sector-wide software strikes though.

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