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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by Moosdijk on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:01AM (#25630747)
>>engineers can "collectively bargain" with Google by simply leaving and working somewhere "better".

This "if you don't like it here, go work somewhere else" kind of reasoning disproportionately balances the power towards the employer. Instead of fixing problems, it leads to removing those that are affected. This is exactly what unions are for.

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by dls2016 on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:53PM (#25635158)
I like that everyone sort of forgets about the time the big tech firms were caught in a wage-fixing cabal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by huffmsa on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:43AM (#25631183)
The traitorous eight leaving Shockley because they didn't like their boss is foundational to the valley.
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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by consp on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:05AM (#25631445)
At that, what is basically a startup, level it is possible but for a company the size of Google it would not put a dent into the system. Totally different power dynamics.
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