Ask HN: Is There a Future for Unionized Software Engineers?

4 pointssmrk0077y ago1 comments

After hearing about the petition and recently planned protest by Google employees in opposition to the Dragonfly project, I have been thinking a lot about the future of software development. I would love to hear peoples thoughts on the following…

1. How likely are these efforts by Google employees to succeed in swaying the direction of the company?

2. Are there any existing software developer labor unions that have a focus on keeping companies ethically accountable? (If any at all)

3. Are there any other better ways for developers to collectively keep companies ethically accountable?

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crooked-v7y ago

> 2. Are there any existing software developer labor unions that have a focus on keeping companies ethically accountable? (If any at all)

https://www.iww.org/pt/unions/dept500/iu560

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