• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Pretty sure trade unions don’t require everyone to work at the same shop. I paid union dues when I worked doing screen printing in a shop that was me, another dude, and the owner who did all the design. That was the entire business and we were still part of the local painters trade union.

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      2 days ago

      That’s not what I mean.

      So how would this work? Like SAG?

      Amazon developers get treated like shit, and I work for a local place where I am not. Amazons wanna strike—do I have to? Fuck that. Fuck anyone who works for Amazon.

      What’s the actual benefit for ME? Higher wages? Doubtful—my place can’t afford Amazon rates.

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        2 days ago

        What’s the actual benefit for ME?

        The anti-union propaganda is so deeply ingrained in you that you didn’t even pause when you typed they out.

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          1 day ago

          Come on bud, sell me on how a trade union is gonna help all software developers, and not just those at abusive companies like Amazon, google, etc. I’m not anti-union at all, but I very much doubt it would work for my industry.