YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging job can give them PTSD

Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by cmsonger on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:25AM (#22139628)

But aren't there ways to mitigate some of the issues of both? Might those ways incur costs to the company? Isn't the role of organized labor to advocate for the workers in areas where pure drive for profit would put workers lower priority?

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Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:32AM (#22139720)

The role of organized labor is to advocate for workers who want to organize. I don't think it's reasonable to assume that something must be wrong with a company simply because it doesn't have a union.

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Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by cmsonger on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:43PM (#22142250)

I didn't intend to say that something is wrong with a company if its employees are not unionized.

I did intend to say that a union can be an effective tool in advocating for employees to an organization that is driven to maximize profit.

For profit companies are often rewarded for minimizing costs. Certainly one can envision that FB might view moderation teams as an expense rather than strategic investment.

Organized labor can be a good counter balance to that.

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