I could use some help. I find my company making more and more changes that have a negative impact on the wellbeing of the tech workers such as myself.

The company has a union but it’s not for the corporate workers. I would like to start a union for us techies. How can I achieve this? I’ve spoken with people I’m comfortable with about unionizing and have received favorable feedback. Who can I reach out to?

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      11 months ago

      Second this the IWW has it together so good right now

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      Thank you, after being laughed at while trying to ask about some new unfavorable policies, I’ve moved forward with reaching out to IWW.

      If management thinks it’s a joke, I think it’s time to show them we’re serious.

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      Thank you, after being laughed at while trying to ask about some new unfavorable policies, I’ve moved forward with reaching out to CWA.

      If management thinks it’s a joke, I think it’s time to show them we’re serious.

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        Tech workers need a union so bad. It needs to change. I got an 18% raise and still I’m underpaid by at least 20%. Not too long ago, I was eligible to use the local food pantry. FML

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          You’re damn straight we do. We generate revenue, it’s time we be given the respect we deserve instead of being treated like peons and pissants

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              It’s all good yo. I’m willing to risk my neck because at the end of the day I either lose my job because I organized or I lose my job because I refused to return to an office.

              The world needs people willing to be brave and reckless just as much as it needs people willing to follow those crazy bastards

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                What I don’t intuitively understand is how groups reach critical mass and collectively go all in on a vote to unionize. Some examples, like rail unions and people who do hard manual labor, I get, but how could an information worker’s union be formed across industries, for example IT, dev, support, data science, etc. not necessarily directed at you specifically but It’s something that comes to mind from time to time.

                How would that be built? How would that work?

                Surely, a general information worker strike would bring the world to a halt. Possibly a disasterous one.

                Not that it’s unwarranted or anything.

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                  I don’t know how it will be built either but I know I’m willing to take a step and I hope a union can help me figure out the next ones

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    well if they provided you with sharp knives, there would be improvements with output. there would be less crying. oh… unions

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      Thank you! I’ve reached out to them and IWW, I’ve gotten a response from IWW. I don’t know how this is going to go down but we’ll see