Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar...
by runako on Thursday September 14, 2023 @08:43AM
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> We are talking about them as an exploited working class
1. Workers don't need to be exploited to want better for themselves. There's nothing wrong with this.
2. There are a lot of tech jobs that have essentially become always-on, with no commensurate bump in pay. Think of the number of engineering positions that now require an on-call rotation, adding perhaps another effective day or more to one's working time. Pay has broadly not increased to account for this.
1. Workers don't need to be exploited to want better for themselves. There's nothing wrong with this.
2. There are a lot of tech jobs that have essentially become always-on, with no commensurate bump in pay. Think of the number of engineering positions that now require an on-call rotation, adding perhaps another effective day or more to one's working time. Pay has broadly not increased to account for this.