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The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tech needs to unionize. The only way to fight this is just to have the entire workforce walk out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I've said this for years but my colleagues are all hooked on chasing payrises for themselves and won't work collectively because they think it'll hurt them doing that.