New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike

Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by danaris on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:42PM (#42045301)

So should we apply this logic to other areas where one person's "gut reactions" can have a huge negative effect on someone else's life?

Should we not require any due process under law, because the officer "just knew" that it was that brown guy who stole the bread?

What's being asked for is accountability for decisions that can literally result in someone ending up homeless—and that are hugely subject to bias, both conscious and unconscious, in a country that is currently riven by divisions of race, gender, sexuality, and class.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by umanwizard on Monday November 04, 2024 @03:31PM (#42045729)

I would be very surprised if there is anyone who would become homeless if they were fired from their tech job at the New York Times.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by JumpCrisscross on Monday November 04, 2024 @05:57PM (#42046945)

> So should we apply this logic to other areas where one person's "gut reactions" can have a huge negative effect on someone else's life?

Maybe we're balancing the wrong side of the equation? Expanding teach-to-the-test across the economy strikes me as the wrong move.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by haswell on Monday November 04, 2024 @10:20PM (#42048301)

> Should we not require any due process under law, because the officer "just knew" that it was that brown guy who stole the bread?

This is a bit fallacious and a false analogy. Due process under law exists because it's definable. We have standards for evidence, burden of proof, reasonable doubt, etc.

The challenges in cleanly defining what it means to be a "good employee" don't somehow mean other aspects of society that can be defined shouldn't be.

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