Comment on Tech Workers Can Still Fight Silicon Valley’s Overlords

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If only tech workers weren’t allergic to unions that’d be great

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s like the entire white collar industry ot something. I think they think it’s beneath them, and they think they will be special.

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    • MadhuGururajan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Eh… having unions sounds good to me… a white collar worker. I am just not considered part of the labour class by blue collar workers. So it makes me feel isolated. Don’t be mistaken, we keyboard thumpers already fight corporate bullshit daily. Th e disdain is from blue collar workers.

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      • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        . I am just not considered part of the labour class by blue collar workers.

        Unions can and still lead you to resources and help you unionize. You can’t blame blue collar workers.

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    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      My company will fire anyone who talks about unionizing. And with Republicans destroying the Labor protections once afforded by the government, that’s a really risky move to make.

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  • chobeat@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If people stopped repeating this stuff, it would help

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    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Lol, no, it wouldn’t.

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      • chobeat@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I organize tech workers. The expectation that they are going to fight an uphill battle inhibits a lot of them and often it’s not the scenario they are faced with. Tech workers being skeptical of the possibility of unionizing their workplace is a mind virus that needs to be eradicated for anything to happen. If then they find hostility, there are endless means to win over their colleagues, but if you discourage them before even starting, nothing will ever change.

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      • Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Lol, no, it wouldn’t.

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  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Well it is starting over in the gaming industry. Hopefully it can snowball.

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• MadhuGururajan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  we all ARE striking daily. We’re fighting bullshit RTO mandates and quiet quitting everyday

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  • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Hahahahaha. You think that’s what a strike is? A strike isn’t just a slight battle against the company. It’s an all out war. So to speak. It’s insulting to those actually in unions who walk the picket lines to suggest refusing rto is a strike

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    • MadhuGururajan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      you should try to get off of your imaginary high horse or you might hurt yourself.

      A strike is a refusal to commit labour to the company. Same as not doing a good job. In japan the ticket checkers had a strike where they did their job as usual but did not collect the payment for issuing tickets. THAT was considered a strike.

      why must quiet quitting not be considered too? We don’t participate in whatever greedy venture by doing the bare minimum.

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      • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Because when they did that, it was actively less than the bare minimum. If you do the bare minimum, you’re still doing your job. Hence, not a strike.

        You also aren’t organized, which is another good reason to not call it a strike. A strike isn’t a few workers doing how they feel like.

        In America, when you strike you put up a picket line. You tell the company, this is what we want, and will do nothing for you until you meet our demands. And you do it together.

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      • demonsword@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        A strike is a refusal to commit labour to the company.

        …except you don’t do it individually, you should do it collectivelly, else it won’t make any lasting difference and will probably get you fired

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  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Not even close to sufficient imo

    We need a general strike. Shut everything down. Assert the power of the people

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    • chobeat@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      How are you contributing to that?

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      • DrDeadCrash@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I don’t think these types of challenges are, in any way helpful or in our collective benefit.

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• ExFed@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  generalstrikeus.com

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