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Layoffs and the threat of AI: Why Irish tech workers are finally turning to unions (www.thejournal.ie)
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[–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wish managers could be in a union. But after a certain point you’re expected to side with the company no matter what.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    That's not true, you can still join a union, and you can always make a choice to disagree with your overlords

    I'll have to tell my manager that he's going to have to leave the Tech Workers Union, damn, and he was enjoying being a member so much.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    How high of a level though and where at? pushing upper level, near executive.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    It's possible to be in a union at any level as long as you don't own the company

    My manager though is only Team Level in a big fucking hydra, he's got like 8 levels above that

    Edit: well, there's some unions that even let owners in, but less of them, and usually limit it to "only if the company has less than 500 employees and earns less than AMOUNT" (I dunno the number)

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    That's what you signed up for tho.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Not really. I became a manager to help make things better for the front line workers. Problem is there is only so much within my sphere of control until I get up high enough. More than once I’ve been scolded for siding with the workers but that hasn’t changed who I am.

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