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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by marcinzm on Thursday September 14, 2023 @08:42AM (#37508171)
>Capital is winning.

When hasn't it won in the western world?

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by marcosdumay on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:25AM (#37508707)
Whenever unions are strong.

(Was that a rhetorical question?)

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by throw0101c on Thursday September 14, 2023 @08:46AM (#37508226)
> When hasn't it won in the western world?

In the US, post-WW2 until Reagan got elected.

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by marcinzm on Thursday September 14, 2023 @08:51AM (#37508288)
They still won just not as much as now.
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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by the-smug-one on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:02AM (#37508425)
I agree, us non-capitalists took more of the cake back then.
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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by marcinzm on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:11AM (#37508534)
Unions in tech won't recreate the 1950s. The reason capital always wins is because it can be moved around more easily than specialized workers can change their skill set. If you extract more of the pie in one area then capital (and thus growth) will just move to a different areas. Could be different industries or companies in different countries. They still win while your occupation and growth in earnings stagnates.
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