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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by shitgoose on Sunday March 01, 2020 @11:01PM (#22461550)
Is there a union of software developers? Would you like to start an imperfect one? Anyone?
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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by inferiorhuman on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:07AM (#22463104)
Yes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/technology/kickstarter-un...

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/game-dev-union-leader...

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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by shitgoose on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:04PM (#22471195)
Both articles indicate that unionization has flopped. The broader question is - what is the purpose of unionization in the software industry? You want more money? You want ping pong tables at work?
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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by int_19h on Monday March 02, 2020 @12:24AM (#22461865)
Starting one is fairly risky. A better question might be, how many people would join an established one.
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