Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar...
by supertimor on Thursday September 14, 2023 @05:48PM
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>Look at the bigger picture. If your boss was assaulting a co-worker with his fists, what would you do? Yell at your co-worker and tell them to have more self-respect? Why, when it's financial or cultural instead shouldn't you stand up for them as well?
> I would stand in his way with my own fists.
Ok, but that’s what unionizing is. Standing up to your employer to stop rampant abuse to you and your fellow coworkers.
You say I have privilege which I suppose I do. I have it because I worked on myself to get them and stood up for myself when I needed to. I have no college degree. I grew up poor. I think perhaps one of the greatest injustices you can do to someone is tell them they are stuck with no recourse and have no leverage they can exercise. I think that's a lie that imprisons people in circumstances they don't need to be stuck in.