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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:07PM (#25145775)
> "Unions can be nativist but a tech union shouldn't have to be just because another labor union might've been."

There is no "might have been". It's pretty much a matter of historical record that labor unions were fiercely anti-immigrant.

Judging by nativist comments even on a heavily moderated forum like HN whenever the topic of H1-Bs comes up, the many, many immigrants in the tech industry would be have to be bonkers to trust that a tech union wouldn't become nativist.

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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by teachrdan on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:48PM (#25153589)
Here is one big counter-example: The Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, a union with two million members in the US. They call for comprehensive immigration reform tied with labor conditions. Teachers' unions like the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association also call for compassionate immigration reform.

The old stereotype of nativist unions is just that. It's true in some cases--see the Teamsters, who also supported Trump, or police unions--but the actual union movement in the US has long fought for better treatment for immigrants.

https://www.seiu.org/cards/solutions-for-immigration-reform-...

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