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DrBazzatoday at 11:45 AM1 replyview on HN

In a jobs market place of wide choice, unionization is unnecessary. The tech job pool spans multiple industries, so if your employer is treating you poorly, leave.

In a jobs market where there are few employers, maybe unionize, because those employers are essentially a monopsony. Hence, in the UK, the NHS, teaching, and public transport, where the employer is the Government, they're heavily unionized.


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erutoday at 12:10 PM

Until fairly recently, the general public used to be very suspicious of government employees unionising. Because it was unionising against them, the general public.

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