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Socialists who have lived in different countries: what differences did you notice in their labour movement? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by comfy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Every place has its different environment, whether it be the level of organisation, reputation of socialism, dominant values of society, history and experiences, conflicts and crises. Because of these dynamics, I'd expect to see stark differences in what the movement looks like around the world. An obvious example familiar to most here is seeing the widespread and militant union mobilisations in France's retirement age protests.

Which countries do you have experience in, and how are their labour movements different?

The title is intentionally vague by saying 'labour movement', so you're welcome to talk about workplace attitudes, unions, socialist organisations, legislation and more.

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[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 6 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I’m an American software engineer who has badly wanted my field to unionize. Do you think it will ever happen? I’m not hopeful because there are too many people who are just in the field for the lucrative salaries and have no real interest or passion. They’ll put up with anything if it means a six figure+ salary: ~~Scrum~~ micromanagement, open office spaces, incredibly unrealistic deadlines that were set without engineer input, vacation time hardly ever getting approved, etc.

[–] chobeat@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

What do you mean? The USA has a lot of momentum and a lot of tech companies are unionizing, many more than anywhere else. It's on mainstream newspapers every other day

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I don’t mean tech companies, or the broad designation of “tech workers”, I’m specifically talking about software developers (and maybe QA). For example, a salesperson is not going to understand why engineers hate open office spaces and how it makes it extremely difficult for us to focus on our work.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

'More equal then the rest' eh?

Good luck with that, truly an american attitude

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 1 points 2 months ago

Not even remotely what I said. I was referring to how different positions deal with different issues and it seemed strange to me to lump them together just because they fall under the broad designation of “tech worker”. But, someone already corrected my ignorance in a way that was much more constructive and helpful than “FUCKIN AMERICANS AMIRITE GUIS??????”

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