A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize

Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by lawnchair_larry on Monday January 04, 2021 @03:29PM (#25637419)

Why would you even want to try it? Have you personally been abused in some way that you think a union would have prevented?

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by runawaybottle on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:49PM (#25639377)

Yes. I’ve worked at places that don’t give a 401k, only 2-3 days off including the federal holidays, I’ve worked at places that don’t extend any benefits to part-time workers that reach into the 30 hour range (multi year workers), I’m pretty sure I know full time workers that don’t get health insurance at some of these places, I’ve seen corporations relegate workers to temp status via actual legislation (Uber/lyft), I read the history of human-kind of labor abuse. And this is what I’ve seen as a ‘knowledge’ worker, and was raised by blue collar workers that have seen much more.

I wanted to be civil, but I just have to ask, are you fucking stupid or something?

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by lawnchair_larry on Monday January 04, 2021 @06:39PM (#25639829)

> Yes. I’ve worked at places that don’t give a 401k

Oh wow, you’re right, that is abuse! You poor thing!

> I wanted to be civil, but I have to ask, are you fucking stupid or something?

I’m not offended, but it doesn’t look good when you completely fail to read the question, answer a different question, and then call the other person “fucking stupid.”

It sounds like the answer to the question that I actually asked you would be “No, absolutely not.” Otherwise, you wouldn’t make the laughable suggestion that lack of a 401k is in any way abusive.

And obviously the experience of blue collar workers is going to be different. This is a thread about tech companies like Google.

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Re:A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize by runawaybottle on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:03PM (#25640073)

Yeah fuck you, I’m not interested in this fight. Call it a draw.

See you on the other side of the shuffle.

Edit: Read the other fucking sentences in the response. I’m take the holistic approach you selfish twat. It’s not all about what happened to me.

P.S - I hope we can still be friends, sincerely.

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