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Comment by hackthemack

15 hours ago

Agreed. The best time to form a union was 20 years ago (Especially because Tech Workers had leverage because they were in demand). The second best time to form a union is today.

Call it an association or guild or something other than a union. Lawyers and doctor have unions but they don't call it that.

  • Those are setting the minimum qualifications for a licensed profession... but not the pay or working conditions for those professionals.

    • > Those are setting the minimum qualifications for a licensed profession...

      They're not even doing that! In the US, these qualifications are matters of state law.

  • > Lawyers and doctor

    Doctors definitely have unions!

    You're thinking of the AMA which is a lobbying organization, totally different thing.