Why IBM employees in Brazil are suing to be classified as tech workers

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• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Brazillian IBM have them classified as “comercial” workers, like shop assistants or cashiers, so they’re part of that union that is not very good. They’re fighting to be classified as the correct classification and be part of the correct union, with better perks I suppose.

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  • pro_grammer@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    with better perks I suppose.

    Correct. When they are classified as tech workers, they get the following:

    a higher minimum wage, overtime pay, and profit participation — a year-end bonus that depends on the company’s annual profit.

    They also have to work 40 hours a week instead of 44 when they are classified as tech workers.

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• Hupf@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Uh boss, that Device here looks very techy to me. You should get a technician to handle it, I’d hate to be responsible for breaking it.

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• Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wait you work for IBM a tech company and don’t label your employees as that? Why?

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  • edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    Unions in two Brazilian states are suing IBM in an effort to be recognized as tech employees, giving them access to better wages, benefits, and profit participation.

    Sounds like IBM save on wages, benefits, and profit sharing by not doing what otherwise is so painfully obvious it should already be the case.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    wasnt aware of this but probably a loophole in our legislation, similar to how app workers (like uber) arent considered employees so they can exploit them more.

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  • pro_grammer@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So that they don’t have to pay bonuses and make them work 44 instead of 40 hours per week.

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• penquin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’re not?

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  • pro_grammer@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    no, see my comment or edgemasters72’s (lol cool name) one:

    lemmy.world/comment/9679259

    programming.dev/comment/9542901

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