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At what point should software engineers unionize?

3 points| onlyhumans | 8 months ago

With AI triggering layoffs, seems now is better than later. Curious what the downsides would be if we collectively rejected the use of AI or demanded a 3-4 day work week due to efficiency gains.

As an aside, I was surprised there isn’t a SaaS tool to organize and execute this using your corporate email

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dovys|8 months ago

Do we have examples of unions in high-paying jobs? Even if so, with the market cooling off it would be a hard sell

onlyhumans|7 months ago

The most relevant are dockworkers, especially since they recently negotiated against AI and automation. They are also highly paid