Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Marcotte

Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by zaphar on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:32AM (#37508804)

I don't get to pick unions. I get to pick my community support structures. Who I marry, which church,friend group,local community group I join? Those are all voluntary. Unions are not voluntary so they can't really be a community support group in the sense I mean.

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by afavour on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:46AM (#37508979)

Of course you do, you can choose to not take a job with an attached union you don't like. As you said, there are plenty of opportunities out there!

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by zaphar on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:58AM (#37509132)

You are correct! But we are discussing why I personally would vote against one at an employer. It would take an otherwise reasonable and enjoyable employer and turn them into a place I no longer want to work.

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by M2Ys4U on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:02AM (#37509192)

>I don't get to pick unions.

>Unions are not voluntary

Not all of my colleagues are in a union, and some of those that are are in a different union to me (albeit a minority of them). It works.

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by Jensson on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:37AM (#37509611)

It doesn't work like that in USA, union laws are different in different countries.

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by reaperman on Thursday September 14, 2023 @11:06AM (#37510020)

Some major cities have multiple overlapping electricians unions. I've been on job sites where different unions are working on top of each-other.

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