cinoreus@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs there any hope in future that tech workers would Unionise?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareIs there any hope in future that tech workers would Unionise?cinoreus@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
Would software engineers ever unionise in future, if the industry keeps getting shit every year due to AI and layoffs?
minus-squareThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoAs their jobs keep getting devalued, by AI (whether appropriate or not), and they are increasingly treated as unskilled labor, there will be more pressure to organize in order to mitigate losses in pay and benefits.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agothey will just hold on to the few senior members(skeleton crew) longer, they dint lay off longer and refuse to hire new people.
minus-squareThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat sounds like even more reason for the workers to organize
As their jobs keep getting devalued, by AI (whether appropriate or not), and they are increasingly treated as unskilled labor, there will be more pressure to organize in order to mitigate losses in pay and benefits.
they will just hold on to the few senior members(skeleton crew) longer, they dint lay off longer and refuse to hire new people.
That sounds like even more reason for the workers to organize