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Re:The non-linear workdays changing the shape of productivity by uoaei on Thursday October 06, 2022 @08:09PM (#33115844)
I think you've misinterpreted GP. Tech salaries started high, and that is mostly a scarcity problem. The market will correct that in due time without labor organizing because the profits go to the owners, not the workers. The owners are the ones who decide what happens with the profit (reinvestment, their employees' wages, their own wages, etc.).
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Re:The non-linear workdays changing the shape of productivity by barry-cotter on Thursday October 06, 2022 @10:50PM (#33116884)
Yes, with a powerful union you can restrict entry so there are fewer workers. The workers who are allowed in get a better deal. The people who are kept out by the union suffer and the consumers suffer through lower production and higher prices.
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Re:The non-linear workdays changing the shape of productivity by 2000UltraDeluxe on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:31AM (#33117773)
No need for that. The golden c64 generation will start with early retirements in a few years. Younger generations have less interest in IT (on average) and will yield fewer and fewer tech workers.
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Re:The non-linear workdays changing the shape of productivity by barry-cotter on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:59AM (#33118231)
What I describe is the mechanism by which unions increase wages for their members. It would be good if you could explain what you were trying to say and its relevance.
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Re:The non-linear workdays changing the shape of productivity by 2000UltraDeluxe on Saturday October 08, 2022 @05:09PM (#33136040)
Less workers means scarcity and implies better wages and conditions.
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Re:The non-linear workdays changing the shape of productivity by barry-cotter on Sunday October 09, 2022 @06:57AM (#33139865)
Yes. You get less workers by restricting entry. That reduces output but increases union workers bargaining power, making society generally poorer but the members of the union richer.
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Re:The non-linear workdays changing the shape of productivity by idiotsecant on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:31PM (#33125174)
It's not necessary to restrict the number of workers - only to refuse to work if the owners allocate too little of the resulting profits back to the workers. This is in fact the whole point of a union.
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