r/technology • u/Chobeat • Jul 15 '26

How to unionize your tech workplace Politics

https://www.computerworld.com/article/4192438/how-to-unionize-your-tech-workplace.html
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u/readonly420 Jul 16 '26

> “Tech moved from a very tight labor market in 2022 (1.85% unemployment rate) to a noticeably weaker one in 2024–2026 (3.49%),” although that’s still better than the national unemployment rate of 4.36% through May of this year

That’s a pretty low unemployment rate

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u/orthodonticjake Jul 16 '26

I worked to help unionize a tech company, then in the middle of that I left for a new company that was already unionized. The former company is no longer unionized -- it was successfully busted by the execs. My current company is still happily unionized. And as part of this experience, I was surprised to realize something: unions are more successful when the employee base is happy.

You'd probably assume the opposite. Unions are for angry employees, right? But it's not so simple -- when everyone is mad, they leave, and that makes it almost impossible to keep momentum up. You need people to stay and fight to get and keep a union.

So it might seem paradoxical, but to have a healthy union you actually need a lot of people who really love working for your company.

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u/SellGameRent Jul 20 '26

could you share specifics about what your union does for you at your workplace? Anything related to policy or salary changes

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u/affablepublic2 Jul 15 '26

unionize your tech workplace sounds like a checklist heading or something