I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you don't have to

Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by gwright on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:21PM (#34928747)

I fail to see why unions need to be brought in to this issue. Not every problem needs to be framed in the form of class struggle. Exactly what sort of "union" would represent tenants? It just seems like a unhelpful way to discuss this particular issue.

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by closeparen on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:23PM (#34928776)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenants_union

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by gwright on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:32PM (#34928903)

That seems like an unhelpful overloading of the word "union".

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by yamtaddle on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:31PM (#34929690)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students%27_union

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by skrtskrt on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:42PM (#34929047)

yeah why, when discussing large powerful groups of capital owners colluding to screw the working class, why would we discuss the most successful tool at stopping them: groups of working class people large enough to claw back a tiny amount of power?

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by 8note on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:12PM (#34929456)

Worker unions have provided housing to their members before.

The capitalist class is likely to be the owner both of the corporation you work for, and of the housing you live in, so you have the same power struggle with the same people.

People owning their own homes, and small landlords push back against that, but the trend is that the owning class owns everything

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