Tech is filled with people who think it’ll never happen to them.
Comment on "Would U.S. tech workers join a union?" survey average: 67% likely
huginn@feddit.it 5 months agoHaving worked at Google there wasn’t any anti-unuon propaganda or anything: it was just genuinely the best work environment I’d ever experienced… Right up until they laid me off.
So while I was there the thought of joining a union would have been “meh - what can they realistically get me?” and after the layoff was “oh yeah right they could’ve gotten me protection”
stoly@lemmy.world 5 months ago
fraksken@infosec.pub 5 months ago
Exactly. You don’t join it for workplace perks, you join it for protection against unfair practices.
You have your fire insurance, your car insurance,life insurance. To me, a union is a work insurance. Always have been unionised and I always will be.
huginn@feddit.it 5 months ago
To be fair to my naive past self: it was the first mass layoff at Google, ever.
Based on my friends still there: the vibes are decidedly less trusting all around.