• Ranvier
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    7 months ago

    Totally understandable. All this data are averages across the entire economy, and people in different industries or situations or locations aren’t all going to be experiencing the same thing.

    You’re also right about the tech industry, the tech industry is newer and lags other industries in unionizing efforts.

    If you’re interested in unions, the best place to start is by contacting existing unions for assistance. It’s not always in the name, for instance united steel workers has been active in unionizing efforts in tech.

    A campaign by the united communications workers of America has also been active and formed 25 bargaining units in the tech industry so far. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODE-CWA

    It’s also going to depend on what state you’re in. If you look at a percentage of union workers by state, it’s almost a direct red state blue state correlation, with so called “right to work” laws in red states heavily discouraging union formation.

    Even if people aren’t in a union, they benefit from unions in their industries as other employers have to compete with union benefits and pay. Sorry for the ramble, I just really like unions.