I work in tech. At my previous job, I started organizing a union and got maybe 20 people out of 70 involved in actively planning and being interested. But I left my old job for this one, because I could be paid more with less work. And now there's a new job on the horizon which promises another 10-20k a year, and again, the call of more money outweighs the urge to improve the current situation. Anyone else ever dealt with this issue?

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[–] __@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

There are risks to getting out of bed in the morning, too.

Unions are not by definition in response to untenable conditions - those are certainly the most high profile instances.

Can't imagine that any worker for Big Three automakers is regretting having joined a union right now.

No reason a future employer would need to know you were involved in organizing, and hardly something HR is going to disclose on a ref check. Setting aside the fact that it's not legal to 'blacklist' that way, would you want to work for a company that did, even by informal word of mouth? It's just not a thing.