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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by Apocryphon on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:58PM (#21986651)
Is it financially beneficial to a company? Maybe not, unless as a means to incentivize employee retention and attract high performers.

Is it something that should happen in a conceptual/philosophical/ethical sense? Perhaps as corporations become more productive and profitable while requiring fewer workers, due to technological advances, automation, etc.- perhaps this should be discussed? Why should compensation structures be frozen in amber, while the methods of production improve by leaps and bounds?

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Re:Major union launches campaign to organize video game and ... by yibg on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:18PM (#21986817)
Not frozen in amber, but perhaps linked to something else like performance, expertise, experience etc. If we're talking about this as a means of wealth distribution then that seems like it should be something at the government policy level.
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