[Adraghast]

What if the dev in Boise and the dev in Seattle and the dev in Butte got together and agreed none of them would work for less than a certain salary?

[brk]

It's a version of the prisoner's dilemma. They could do that, and they arguably should do that. But it won't scale to everyone doing that, and so it breaks down to a remote person with lower cost of living volunteering work for a bit less, in order to secure a desired position for themselves.

[nus07]

So you are indirectly saying that they will form a union. Human greed will say that the developer in Seattle(or others) will not agree to it and look for a better deal for himself/herself.

[xwdv]

Oh yea sure, and the dev in Butte will get to decide the minimum salary, so the guy in Seattle can get fucked.

Nice Union. A match made in hell.

[wilsynet]

Those developers should definitely try it.

[anoonmoose]

Sure, I'll grab the catnip and you put the leashes on, I'm sure this will work out great.

[sundaeofshock]

That would require forming a union and tech workers tend to be somewhat hostile towards unions.

[aketchum]

what if you had wheels instead of feet? there is zero mechanism for this and tech workers have shown again and again that there is not interest in a professional union.

[bluGill]

Unions in the US have policies that tech people do not want. Often they are backed up by law, so you cannot legally form a union that gives you the good without the bad.

[mguerville]

Devs in Vancouver would benefit