A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize

Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by hnuser847 on Monday January 04, 2021 @03:18PM (#25637276)

> A union would keep salaries high by not keeping the gates open

That’s the same argument people use against immigration.

I realize HN is a diverse place and not everybody has the same opinion on these matters, but I find it interesting that people here generally support labor protectionism when it applies to high-income earners like software engineers, but they don’t support closing the borders in order to increase the wages of low-income earners.

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by derivagral on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:05PM (#25638016)

USA-centric (but not in the south): I'm pretty open to most immigration. The "close our borders" discussion tends to lump in skilled-worker programs; I think those are usually more amenable to most than general immigration. Regardless, my country was built on immigration and I think it'd be foolish to lose sight of that.

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by vsskanth on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:00PM (#25641127)

That's because everyone is a liberal until their job or salary is on the line.

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