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by dsfyu404ed 2537 days ago
>Not sure where "tying pay to tenure" came up,

This is how basically every union workplace in the US works. The pay-scale becomes very rigid. Why would tech be different?
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benaiah 2537 days ago
> This is how basically every union workplace in the US works. The pay-scale becomes very rigid.

How do you address, other than dismissal, the existence of the SAG and other unions for industries with vastly varying pay levels?

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Apocryphon 2537 days ago
Surely a next-gen labor union based in the tech industry could find a new way to fight ageism without mandating a seniority system. Why does tech have to act the same way as before? I thought we were supposed to be innovators?
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dsfyu404ed 2537 days ago
The status quo is pretty good, good enough that I (and a lot of people) don't want to make that bet.
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Apocryphon 2537 days ago
When there is a proposal that is suggested, there are proponents and detractors. That is tautological. Blankly insisting that things are good enough is just as empty as blankly insisting that things aren't.
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dragonwriter 2537 days ago
> This is how basically every union workplace in the US works.

Well, in that the vast majority of union jobs are either public sector blue-collar, or both, sure.

Non-blue-collar, private-sector union jobs don't work that way, though they often have firm minimums (like SAG-AFTRA “scale” pay.)

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