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If that happens, they are going to see a lot of things seemingly from the past connected to union activity though.

Not just strike breakers being hired (some of tech work is not that demanding in expertise, think typical Hindu web devs), but also actual spies, saboteurs, hitmen being involved, propaganda attacks, possibly legal attempts to bust unions and use of force. And, of course, crucial positions in union bureaucracy becoming attractive for organized crime (which likely has very few of people associated with it ever convicted, as in mostly invisible until it’s too late).

Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Just the more adult level of the game. Considering that the tech industry is at the core of our civilization now, and considering its profits, this can get as historic as battle of the Blair mountain.

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GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
this can’t happen because the kill switch activates after 72 hours and “order 66” initiates, plunging the whole stack into lockdown and the org into absolute chaos.

hope there were backups you strike busting pieces of shit.

don’t fuck with IT professionals. you take away the only fulfillment we get out of life and you will come to personally understand the meaning behind, “there are worse fates than death”

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- Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  As much as I love the sounds of that it seems like a good way to get arrested under some anti-hacking laws.
  
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  - GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    lol. you think any judge or jury is going to understand the nuances of how a kill switch works?
    
    “did you implement a kill switch that harmed my clients interests?” – “I have no idea what you’re talking about, and furthermore had your client not broken anti-union laws and came to negotiations, staff could have been available to identify and resolve the issues your client allowed to happen through their own willful negligence.”
    
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    turmacar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    The Judge and Jury don’t have to know how a kill switch works. The Judge and Jury have to believe the expert testimony that one was placed and caused damage.
    
    Sam Bankman Freed didn’t get jail time because the judge and jury understood the nuances of cryptocurrency and financial scams.
    
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    rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Yes, I do think that.
    
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- rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I agree, this particular trait of today’s tech industry in this particular case works in our favor.
  
  For other political and social factors - not so much.
  
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explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
One new difference in our favor: we can reasonably have meetings online, no longer needing a large shared space.

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- Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  WFH + satellite internet + solar panels = If you want to threaten violence, you’ll have to find me
  
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  - explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Be sure to use a VPN or Tor!
    
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