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There's just one solution: unionize.

As you can see, your bosses already did.



Unionization will never work, since immigrants would want protections no union would provide.


Such as?


Lobby for immigration support from companies, and against any politician/party that espouses any rhetoric (anti-H1B for eg) against legal immigration.


Speaking as an immigrant who is now a US citizen, I don't think this is particularly relevant. As far as immigration support from companies goes, Big Tech already offers it, so the real beef is with the federal government - and a trade or company union is hardly the best venue to have that fight. I would first and foremost want a union that protects my interests as a worker against my employer's encroachment, and it was no different when I wasn't a citizen yet.


Congrats. But the top priority for a non-citizen immigrant would be protection, above employer encroachment. Notice how this played out when twitter fired 85%, and who stayed back.

Unions being political players will have to take a side - and in the current climate this makes unions a non starter, since majority can never align.


Can you unionize your offshore teams? Oh wait, that was one of the reasons to move your jobs overseas...


Wouldn't they unionise in their own country?


You will need to create new organizations in a global economy.




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