Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize
by pmoriarty on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:47AM
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"engineers can "collectively bargain" with Google by simply leaving and working somewhere "better"."
That's only collective bargaining if a lot of them leave en masse (ie. collectively), and for the same issue(s). To do that effectively they'd need to organize, coordinate their efforts, and speak as one voice: in other words, they'd need to unionize.
Leaving one at a time, for different issues is not collective bargaining, it's individual bargaining, so not at all comparable to a union.
That's only collective bargaining if a lot of them leave en masse (ie. collectively), and for the same issue(s). To do that effectively they'd need to organize, coordinate their efforts, and speak as one voice: in other words, they'd need to unionize.
Leaving one at a time, for different issues is not collective bargaining, it's individual bargaining, so not at all comparable to a union.