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Developer/IT Unions

Amid ongoing layoffs and the AI boom, technology workers are being urged to form unions to regain leverage against companies that resent high developer salaries. The call to organize comes as the job market shifts, with the expectation that AI's impact will slow and firms will again need skilled IT professionals.

read1 min publishedMay 28, 2026

| |||||||||||| 1 point by | The AI craze, layoffs, and current job market should be a wake-up call for all of us. Companies HATE how much they pay us and how much leverage we’ve had all these years. I believe the AI craze will slow and companies will realize they still need us. When we have leverage again, we should really form unions. Im not optimistic that we will but we should. | ||||||||||| |

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