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They just formed the biggest tech worker union in the US. The plan is to take on AI and industry layoffs
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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It’s good to be suspicious, a healthy dose of critical thinking is well warranted.
But I would advice you consider that everyone and their mother was encouraged to “become the next Bill gates” if they’d showed any acumen in computers at all since about 1985. Also consider that working on a piece of software or infrastructure is often that piece; you don’t always get to see the big picture.
Overall I think this is a good thing; I guess it really matters how this union is controlled. Will it really be in the hands of the majority, etc
Most tech workers I know, myself included, are just trying to pay their bills and not be homeless. Yes sometimes salaries are higher than other fields. Though not as often as you might think. And many people are not trying to be “the next bill gates.” Which as you mention your supportive parents and grandma might have said in 1985. But no one is saying that anymore.