☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoLaid-off techies face 'sense of impending doom' with job cuts at highest since dot-com crashwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkLaid-off techies face 'sense of impending doom' with job cuts at highest since dot-com crashwww.cnbc.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-28 months ago2000, 2008, 2023: The boom-bust cycle is a constituent feature of capitalism. Tech workers, the best time to unionize was 15 years ago; the second-best time is now.
minus-squareFirstCircle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months ago second-best time is now Which is why big companies (incl. big tech) are going all-out to remove the practical ability, or even the legal ability, to do so. ex: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/10/starbucks-trader-joes-spacex-challenge-labor-board
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWorse still, organizations that we thought were our allies are now showing their true colors: Why Is the ACLU Waging Class Warfare?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·8 months agoIncidentally, this cycle was originally identified by Marx and Engels, and it’s been consistent since then.
2000, 2008, 2023: The boom-bust cycle is a constituent feature of capitalism.
Tech workers, the best time to unionize was 15 years ago; the second-best time is now.
Which is why big companies (incl. big tech) are going all-out to remove the practical ability, or even the legal ability, to do so. ex: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/10/starbucks-trader-joes-spacex-challenge-labor-board
Worse still, organizations that we thought were our allies are now showing their true colors: Why Is the ACLU Waging Class Warfare?
Incidentally, this cycle was originally identified by Marx and Engels, and it’s been consistent since then.