[9rx]

I've been in the industry for 30 years. "UNIONIZE" has always been the suggested answer. Always. But nobody ever steps up and actually does it, even despite the people being already socially united through platforms like HN, making formalization about as easy as can be possible.

[matheusmoreira]

GTA VI developers unionized about two days ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48324499

[bwestergard]

My coworkers and I organized a union five years ago. We're about to enter bargaining for our second contract.

https://code-cwa.org/

[9rx]

To the greatest degree of our understanding, the mid-career slump happens to some people because priorities can shift mid-career. Kids/family starts to grab more attention, seeing life as more than a job and wanting to live it to the fullest becomes more prevalent as one becomes more aware of the clock ticking, for professionals they've likely started to build a bit of a nest egg so money doesn't seem as important before, etc. They slump because they just don't care about work like they used to.

How does your union keep people focused on the job? Or is it simply that the union self-selects those who are already focused on job-related matters and wouldn't end up in the slump anyway?

[TimorousBestie]

HN-style startups couldn’t afford to unionize, right? To a founder it would look like eating your seed corn for no realizable benefit.

[supertroop]

Oopsie. Looks like the 98% failure rate of startups means maybe they should take a seat?