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Tech Workers Have Long Resisted Unions. Will AI and Politics Change the Equation? | KQED (www.kqed.org)

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

if they are laid off already, likely wont be useful now. tech will try to lay off even faster to prevent a union. much like how starbucks is doing it, close every location that is threatening to unionize.

[–] prounion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The Game Worker Hardship fund shows how unions can help laid off workers. What We Will shows how workers can come together to support each other even without fully having union representation.
Workers who form a union can fight for lay off protections and severance packages even if they can't always save the jobs they're fighting for. This can include the right for those who were laid off to get first dibs when hiring picks back up.
Shops with unions will have way more process for employers to follow which slows down firings. The places without a union will be the ones where it's easier to fire staff quickly, but obviously employers will feel more compelled to discipline workers who have a union so those who do have one will have to be ready for a flight probably (but that's better than not fighting at all and having zero help after a layoff imo)