• Shadywack@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I mean, the vibe I get from this article is that white collar IT and infrastructure roles need to unionize. Laying off other working class and then celebrating it while the executives are still shit rich is aloof. Work is work, and this sucks.

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      9 months ago

      Yep. Articles like this just pit the working class against each other. Delivery drivers vs IT guys is more exciting for executives than workers vs execs.

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      9 months ago

      100% this.

      Unions are on the rise: good

      Thousands of people being laid off because companies throw away human lives every 3 months to pay 5 rich people quarterly rather than running responsible business: bad

      We all need to unionize.

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      9 months ago

      I’ll say this 500x if I have to. People who manage an employee or are supervisors can’t unionize. People who make company decisions can’t unionize.

      • Shadywack@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Traditionally white collar jobs that are lumped in with management can and absolutely do unionize. The CWA is growing by leaps and bounds thanks to exactly what this article talks about. Software developers, engineers, sysadmins, and cybersecurity techs absolutely belong in a union. I agree with you that supervisors and managers cannot unionize, but a very large chunk of marketing and IT workers fall in exactly the category of people being laid off here. Work is work.