<story><title>Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on Leave</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/business/media/los-angeles-times-union.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chollida1</author><text>I thought this was interesting because if knowledge workers like journalists can do so, why not programmers, or what ever term you&amp;#x27;d prefer to be called?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ng12</author><text>Why do we need a union in a seller&amp;#x27;s market? If I&amp;#x27;m unhappy with my job I can quit and get a new one in a week.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not about being a knowledge worker. Screenwriters are unionized because there are many more people who want to write than there are gigs, therefore there&amp;#x27;s a high potential for abuse.</text></comment>
<story><title>Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on Leave</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/business/media/los-angeles-times-union.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chollida1</author><text>I thought this was interesting because if knowledge workers like journalists can do so, why not programmers, or what ever term you&amp;#x27;d prefer to be called?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>untog</author><text>It is interesting that programmers (as a whole) seem resistant to it. It&amp;#x27;s often described as being unnecessary, but when you go one or two posts down HN you find people decrying long hours, open plan offices, weekend callouts, etc. etc.&lt;p&gt;I suspect it&amp;#x27;s just that when the going is good, people don&amp;#x27;t really think they need a union. If the prophecies come true and AI starts writing code for us, you can bet people will suddenly be interested in unionisation.</text></comment>