Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by lasfter on Sunday November 20, 2022 @03:04PM
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This is an argument against democracy itself. If you don't think democracy would work for you, then I can't convince you a union would either.
Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most?
by gnat on Sunday November 20, 2022 @10:06PM
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The marginal cost of union fees is trivial in comparison to a salary.
A union gives you more choices than "surveil or resign".
And if the union fails you because it says "no, you have to surveil" then you can still resign.
My favorite counter-example is a collective action of about a thousand medical workers in SF Hospital demanding from Facebook an increase in censorship (and the censorship is impossible without surveillance).
Why do you think a union will support your ethical choices? And if it would not - you’d have to quit the company and the union, loosing not only your salary, but also union fees.