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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by throwaway80332 on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:16AM (#25631583)
> I think this is a slight perversion of the truth. A union that relies entirely on industrial action (a.k.a. strikes) to get a company to change, isn't a good union. If a union walks into every negotiation with just an ultimatum, then very quickly the otherside is going to get fed up of their bullshit.

If those unionized googlers are worth their salt, can't they use more aggressive negotiation tactics, at least like a DDOS?

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by freebuju on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:00AM (#25632097)
> A union that relies entirely on industrial action (a.k.a. strikes) to get a company to change, isn't a good union. If a union walks into every negotiation with just an ultimatum, then very quickly the otherside is going to get fed up of their bullshit.

You must have not met the publicly employed unions we have in other countries. Teachers, nurses unions in my country for ex. threaten (and sometimes they do) all the time to down their tools to relative success. Sometimes the only way to get a point across your deaf employer is the way of the iron fist.

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